This quilt came about because I love this pattern and some Michael Miller reps came to our April DMQG meeting and presented a challenge: Make something, anything quilted, out of these lovely Cotton Couture fat eights. I sewed the top at Quilt Camp in May, with no real idea what size it would be, just enough to use up the fabric. The whole time I was sewing, I kept thinking of sailboats. Then I showed it to my husband, sideways, the way the original pattern is oriented, and he also said, “Sailboats.” So I turned it on its side and now it’s sailboats, with the reflections of them in the water below.

Although she doesn’t know it yet, this is for my mother-in-law’s birthday. However, she’s the only subscriber to my blog, so the secret won’t last long. (Joanna- you won’t get it by your birthday, I have to take it to the June 26 DMQG meeting to show for the challenge.) She lives in south Florida (Atlantic side) in a mid-century modern stucco house with lots of pastels. I think it will look nice there.