On my kitchen floor this morning...

This quilt has been a looooong time in the making.

I won this jelly roll of Moda Clermont Farms from Glenn way back in 2010. When I received it, I knew that whatever I made was going to go Sister #3 -- these were her colors, and very traditional prints. To say Sister #3 is traditional would be an understatement, so it was a perfect fit. She also had a milestone birthday coming up in a couple years, worthy of a quilt. Finishing something with that much lead time shouldn't be a problem...right?

Hah!

I don't remember when I finished the blocks, but I do remember coming up short for a twin size and readily shelving it, moving on to the next project...and another project after that, and one after that...you know the drill.

It doesn't take much for me to abandon a project, believe me.

Sister's milestone birthday came and went. Those blocks in the Ziploc got ignored until I felt the need to procrastinate further on Theo's graduation quilt and scrounged through the UFO pile.

Well, hello, Clermont Farms! Long time no see! Are you interesting enough to distract me from what I'm really supposed to be finishing? Yes? Then let's do this!

I pulled enough from my stash to make a dozen more blocks and got to work. What's pathetic is that the stash fabrics I pulled? They were here four years ago. I don't know if it's ADD, or if I'm just lazy. Either way, it's shameful. And now I feel guilty that Theo's quilt is late.

Quilt + floor = a place to nap

The initial diagonal quilting wasn't enough, so I'm going back in between the lines to add more. It's 75% done as of this morning, and close enough to finished that abandonment is out of the question.

So it's a Christmas/birthday/retirement gift. Three birds with one quilt!