The Week Between Twenty-Nine and Thirty

I started this quilt in August, with the intention of using up the last of my fleece and flannel scraps to make something very cozy. This quilt top was improv pieced, using a serger, with no batting in the middle. I wanted this quilt to be fuzzy, but not hot or heavy.

As many of us have experienced in the past few years, I had to unexpectedly leave my home for a week and a half to allow for it to be used for quarantine. I spent the week between my birthday and the date of my family birthday party, staying with my parents in my former bedroom. Without access to my sewing machine, I hand-quilted it using a “big stitch” spiral in the center, working its way towards the edge. The act of hand quilting felt repetitive and grounding during a week that otherwise felt chaotic and displaced.

Cotton-blend bedsheet. Flannel, fleece and pink cotton came from Our Social Fabric (remnants from the local textile industry). Pink cotton hand-quilting thread I received from another quilter on The Quilty Nook. Machine and hand-bound. The binding and the pink quilting thread match, in-person.

This is my quilt for the month of August in 2023. Measures 38”x60”

Handmade quilt, 2023