Stepmom’s Take Five Quilt

This was one of those WiPs that just sat around forever.  It’s the basic Take 5 pattern from The Teacher’s Pet.  My stepmom picked out the five fabrics herself back in, oh, October.

Of course, I had the top pieced in no time, flat.  Maybe two days after we went shopping together.  And then… then I stalled.  My big sticking point has long been the actual quilting.  I couldn’t get the free-motion thing figured out, and I didn’t like what little I was able to do with my walking foot.

Eventually I pieced the back (I do like a little perpendicular stripe action) and sandwiched the thing. In January.  And again, there it sat.  Still stymied by the quilting.

Finally, I got the basics of stippling figured out (and got my free-motion foot un-stuck).  I was getting things ready for my Etsy shop and suddenly felt pretty guilty about this unfinished pile of cotton sitting next to me.  It seemed wrong to finish things for other people, and not for family.  So, finally, I did it.  Wahoo!

It’s fine for what it is, but the truth of the matter is that I don’t love it.  I don’t think the pattern is all that interesting, and the colors feel kind of heavy.  But, not only is it not for me, but I think I’m coming into a different phase in terms of what I like to sew and the types of designs I like.  This doesn’t feel like the quilter I’d like to become.

But, hey, I think she’ll like it, I think it turned out fine, and I’m really glad it’s done.  And we had fun taking pictures of it on a sunny Saturday afternoon.