Sad Quilt

My friend’s daughter died in a car accident. She was 17.

I have known my friend since 1981 or 1982. We were teens together for a very important year. We are not in contact every day, but she is a sister of my heart. Immediately, I thought I wanted to make her a quilt. Of course.

For a long time I have wanted to make a Jacob’s Ladder quilt – or a Jacob’s Ladder variation. The original idea for the Stepping Stones quilts came from the Pam & Nicky Lintott book, Layer Cake, Jelly Roll and Charm Quilts.  Of course, I made some variations.

I went to the Stepping Stones posts and looked at the EQ project file, but decided that it wasn’t quite right. I want to make another version of this quilt sometime, but today is not that day

Jacobs Ladder for Kathy
Jacobs Ladder for Kathy

I looked at blocks in EQ and designed a Jacob’s Ladder type quilt.

This was my first attempt at color, using the Sweet & Plenty charm pack I bought at Ocean Waves in Eureka as a base. I went through a lot of iterations of color, placement of groups of color, etc.

This design wasn’t working for me. It didn’t feel right for the purpose. I thought about forcing myself to make it. I have a date with Colleen in a couple of weeks and would like to get a quilt to her to speed the process along.

I decided I needed to make the right quilt. I am going to keep trying.

I will look through the quilts I have made and see if there is one that will stand in for a fit for purpose quilt.

Author: JayeL

Quiltmaker who enjoys writing and frozen chocolate covered bananas.

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