The story of the Ups and Downs quilt

 BikerSon needed a new quilt. I made him a skull quilt when he was in his teens and a `hello handsome` when he was in his twenties.

They are now, in my opinion, no more than rags. He slept under them for years on end. He begs to differ, saying that they remain precious, since I made those especially for him. Ahhhh.

I came across a drawing of the Ups and Downs and immediately started to draw. BikerSon likes simple shapes, geometrical desings and black/grey/white with a splash of red. I understood the assignment!

C had bought a batting during her last USA trip that I could have. It was a Hobbs 80/20 that I always use and prewash in a laundry bag. So far so good. While layering the quilt I noticed that parts of the batting got very thin. Nevertheless ther was a warning light on in my head, I started to quilt. After a couple of blocks I had to acknowledge that this was no good …. I unpicked everything (!) and went to the quiltshop where I earned that there is a difference between a regular Hobbs (that I used) and a heirloom Hobbs (that I used to have) the last one can be pre washed, the first not *sigh*

I came home with another batting: bamboo this time. It felt so soft and lovely and draped beautifully…

Untill I started quilting again…. After a while it started to `beard`.And as I quilted on, it bearded more and more. Not just when you pulled up the needle, but the bamboo fibers kept appearing on the surface, time after time, no matter how often I tried to remove them..

Like I said in the previous post: I accepted that this is what it is..

I guess that after a while the whole damn bamboo batting while come to the surface untill there is nothing left..

It is finished now and I will give it to BikerSon coming sunday. 

There is no joy in gifting a quilt you know is no good