In the quilting world there are certainly hypes. Suddenly a quilt or designer is the one and everyone jumps in. Dear Jane, all from Susan Smith, Jen Kingwell, fabrics from Tula Pink…to name a few.
The Dear Jane hype was not for me, others I liked but didn’t buy the pattern ór got the pattern waaaaaay later and didn’t come to actually make it, due to other, more pressing matters, patterns, events etc.
The It takes 2 quilt is a 2015 pattern, just saying..( might even be older..)
While I was waiting for more red Kona cotton Poppy to finish the border of the Takes2, I cleared out the quiltroom and came across another fav from the past: Gossip in the Garden from Anni Downs.
And years after the “hype”, I jumped in.
Most difficult part is choosing the fabrics. I put the finished blocks on the wall and sometimes I pulled them of and made a new one with different colours/fabrics. More than once,I must add. I also changed the original design. Ditched the hexies e.g. and one of the dresden plates ( too many imho)..
This is the last picture I took, working on the middle block as we speak.
Note the drawing on the right, made by my granddaughter:
