Finished: Diabetes quilt

Over a year ago, I put out a call for quilts on Facebook.  I enjoy making quilts for people, so it's nice to make one for people that want one.  Today's quilt goes to someone from my church.  We were in a small group together for a short time, before COVID hit, and we have two sons the same age.  Well, two of her children were diagnosed with Diabetes I within a year.  So to say that is a huge part of her life lately is an understatement.

And so when it was her turn for a quilt, she asked for a diabetes themed one.  I found this ribbon quilt and used the blues that recognize diabetes.  I'll be honest, the making of the ribbons was tedious.  It's the same subblock six times into the same block 30 times...I had to take several pauses and work on other things.  It's the first time I remember dreading a quilt quite so much, although a quilt with broken dishes was close.  I used an assortment of solids and prints, but the kona solids include: alegria, blue jay, blueprint, candy blue, copen, horizon, Niagara, peacock, stratosphere, water, and waterfall.  The background is white.

But after that things started getting interesting.  I had been sewing the triangle clips together, and realized they would make a cute border.  Then there was math (and mistakes) and figuring out how to best put everything together.  It was fiddly and took a while, but I started to fall in love with the quilt again.

For quilting, I did loops (although I tried to make them look ribbon-y).  I also put some flower things in the middle of the ribbons.

The weather was finally warm enough to dry the quilt outside, and there were some pretty images coming through.  I used minky on the back for a good snuggle.