It’s time to get back to the business of UFOs. My stats page tells me that people searching for “Roswell” (New Mexico) are sometimes directed to this blog by their search engines. Poor people — what a surprise they must get if they are not expecting Close Encounters with Unfinished Objects of the Quilting Kind!
This is not about extraterrestrial UFOs, of course — just the quilty ones!
When I was making up my Christmas gift list recently, I remembered a Roman Stripe project that I started about 10 years ago. My sister-in-law recently redecorated her living room with black sofa and chairs, and she wears a lot of black clothes with bright accents, so I am hoping this lap quilt will suit her taste.
How lucky is this? The original pattern was in the box with the fabric. That doesn’t happen to me very often! 😉 This pattern is called “Roaming Stripes” and came from a book called Quilts So Quick, published by Oxmoor House in 1995. Mary Johnson has a similar pattern on her website, called “Amish Stripes and Strings.”
Double lucky — the backing fabric was in the same box! This fabric is from a line called “Erte Revisited”, from my favourite-ever designer, The Woodrow Studios, London.
I mail-ordered a dark batting — Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 Black — and it arrived this morning. Now I have everything I need!
Ready… Steady… Go!
Happy Sewing!
How funny, I was just getting ready to type that I loved Roman Stripes quilts when I finished reading your post. I love the fabrics/colors in this UFO, it will look wonderful.