Graduation Quilt #3
I was so excited when I was able to renew contact recently with my oldest granddaughter, Eloise, after 16 years of only sporadic and often difficult visits (she was fine; it was due to an unpleasant divorce). I asked if she would be interested in having me make a quilt for her high school graduation. She said yes!
I took two identical pink Island Batiks jelly rolls and 2 non-batik white ones to Florida, so all I needed was the teal. I went to my "local" quilt shop in North Ft. Myers (a 45 minute drive from where I was staying), and discovered that they had very limited precuts. I did find the perfect teal batik, but how would I cut it? Fortunately, a lovely shop employee named. Susie agreed to let me cut the fabric in the store (but shh, don't let the owner know).
I was surprised to discover that the pre-cut strips varied in length, even among strips from the same roll.
Kellie at my LQS did the quilting. It came out great (of course). Then I had to figure out how to finish it. I wanted the binding itself to be pink, but I wanted some teal to "close" the blocks. And I didn't want a border. So I made a flange binding that worked out perfectly. I'd never done one before, and it was really easy. I was very happy with that choice!