A Birthday Pillow

My grandson's birthday is this week, he's turning six. Gosh, how time flies. But one thing has remained constant throughout his young life, he LOVES American flags! He has loved them since he teeny tiny. If you recall, I made him a flag quilt, that he loved, but was unfortunately ruined. I don't have time to make him a whole new quilt right now, so I thought the next best thing was a pillow.

I quilted it with just some simple curvy lines

The Buffalo Bills are his favorite team so I used some Bills fleece on the back

I've never used fleece before, but I really would love to use it on some quilt backs in the future. I did struggle with it a bit, it wanted to shift and stretch. The biggest problem was the button holes. The kept getting all wadded up in the feed dogs. So I added a bit of tear away stabilized, worked beautifully.

 Now I'm all set to host his birthday breakfast tomorrow morning. Mmmm, waffles with fruit and of course lots of bacon!

Color Me Quilty!

Pat

P.S. Thank you to everyone who supported me at the Bloggers Quilt Festival. I didn't win, but I sure did have a good time!

Is This Quilt Beyond Repair???

I made this quilt for my grandson three years ago for his first big boy bed. He has always loved American Flags and the Buffalo Bills since he was tiny!

It might not look too bad from a distance.....

This happened in the washer.  Our best guess is a small, sharp toy (matchbox car??) was in the washer.

These are some of the worst spots, but there are smaller holes scattered on the quilt.

The back has the same damage.

Even the binding was damaged! 

I know that my step-daughter felt bad when she saw the damage and just stuffed on to a shelf in the laundry (in an unfinished basement) since it happened last spring. Last week, I finally demanded that she bring the quilt to me to repair. To add insult to injury, the quilt mildewed and bled.

Mildew stains

I believe the pink is the back of the quilt bleeding through.

Is this quilt worth trying to save? It's not an antique. I could probably make one faster than I could repair this quilt. I'm not sure how to even start to repair. Do I patch the holes first or try to remove the stains? If I do make a new one, what do I do with this quilt, just throw it out? Should I have a campfire/flag burning ceremony?

I'm linking up with UFO Sunday (since the damage was done last spring) and hoping that some of you out there have a fabulous solution on repair (or just words of encouragement to start over).

Color Me Quilty!

Pat

Happy Memorial Day!

Thank you to all of our service men and women that have died to defend our country, to keep us free. I believe that freedom isn't free and I thank God every day for my country men and women who have the courage to serve.

To celebrate, I thought today was a good day to show off  my grandson Jack, who LOVES flags.

My Grandson, Jack, has ALWAYS loved flags!

A few years back, I made him a flag quilt....he still loves it!

Happy Memorial Day to all of my U.S. followers and happy Monday to everyone else!


Color Me Quilty!

Pat