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They've Gone to Plaid Quilt Finish


Once again, you've all amazed me with over 80 entries to the Project QUILTING Challenge 17.2 Scads of Plaid! Even without prizes I'm strongly encouraging participants to link up to the blog post so it's easy for everyone to see all the amazing entries in one spot. - HERE. Be sure to click on the links and comment positive, supportive things on the entries. We (Trish and I) pride ourselves on the incredible quilting community we've built over the years.


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Now that the challenge of the week is over, I thought I'd share more behind the story of my quilt entry "They've Gone to Plaid."


First - I needed to make a plan. Turns out I have a ridiculous number of patterns from PenAndPaperPatterns in my collection just waiting to be used. Quite a few of them had a lot of possibility but I decided to go with Garden Snails. I thought plaid shells would be fantastic!


Bear Paw Fableism Quilt
Bear Paw Fableism Quilt

I had a bunch of fableism scraps left over from piecing the quilt above for my daughter so I decided to piece them together and see what happens.

Fableism Scrap sections
Fableism Scrap sections

Once I had the pieces built for the scrappy plaid snail shells, it was time to make the rest.

I used a fun plaid from my collection for the snail bodies and then a hand-dyed brown/blue fabric for the background.

Next up - it was time to do the quilting! I revealed in my last Project QUILTING piece that I have rediscovered my love of free motion quilting! I challenge myself to do this again. I refer to my "365 Free Motion Quilting Designs" book by Leah Day (I linked to the calendar because the book is now super expensive) to figure out designs.

Once i had the shells done I knew I had to do something even more fun so I gave each snail a face! and Trisha gave them a name. First up is a Happy Archibald.


Next is Annoyed Merle.


And then we have Discombobulated Percival.


And finally we have Sad Face Carlisle.


The last challenge for this quilt was to come up with a name. I immediately thought of the movie Space Balls when they going into Ludicrous speed and the quote is "They've Gone to Plaid." I knew that had to be the name since snails "going to plaid" is something that would never happen with them being slow.


They've Gone to Plaid Quilt by Kim Lapacek
They've Gone to Plaid Quilt by Kim Lapacek

Once again, Project QUILTING inspired me to make a quilt that brought me joy and calmness. Being distracted in these trying times is not a bad option. I hope you enjoyed the story behind my piece.


The third Project QUILTING challenge will be posted right here on my website on Sunday, February 1st at Noon, CST. I hope you decide to join in the fun!


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