Quilting for Malena

A few years ago, Malena came home with a comforter. She had talked someone out of it at a garage sale, and was pleased that she got a blue blanket (her favorite color) for free.

It was stained with dirt and went immediately into the washer. Sadly, it never really looked any better than it had when I first laid eyes on it. Doug was livid - he hated that someone had given us charity (when we had plenty of blankets) and thought it was a mangy old thing that he didn't want in his house.

To be honest, it wasn't really mangy. It looked like something the kids had dragged outside for a picnic one too many times, but really, not too bad. Whatever, Malena loved it, and there was no prizing it away from her at any cost.

I finally took pity on Doug's sensibilities (four years later) and decided to cover it and make it look presentable. Malena chose the fabric and stipulated that only the front could be covered. The back is far too comfortable, you see. My stipulation was that it couldn't be too difficult, since quilting is time-consuming at its simplest. Here's what we ended up with:

Not bad, huh? It was draped over the railing while I was working on it. Looking at it from that perspective, it looked like a young girl's party dress. She loves it even more now, thankfully.

She even helped me put together a matching pillow.

And I have one more project off my sewing table! I'm getting really addicted to having projects finished...could start a trend in the household!