Kate's Quilt Pre-Production

Christi and I had an incredible day yesterday. We traveled to Goodlettsville, Tennessee to Quilter's Attic, one of the coolest places on the planet, where our friend Kathy Stuard is helping us put Kate's quilt together.




There they have a "design wall" covered with batting. Cloth sticks to the batting like a post-it note, allowing you to arrange and rearrange the elements of your quilt.



We placed the pieces totally at random. I literally closed my eyes and picked up pieces blind for Christi to place. Then we went back and slightly revised based on color and pattern.




So we now have a pattern for the quilt. The blank spaces in the bottom right corner are for Jane Oakley's Sunbonnet Sue. Kathy will stitch the pieces together, get the borders and the backing Christi picked ready, and get it to the quilter.

It's been a long time since we sent out the first quilt letter ...



But by the end of this month we should know who our Kate is, and have the quilt finished for her.