My Quilt #207 ~ Tillie’s Treasures Quilt 2010

This is another Nickel Quilt using fabrics from my stash.  I’ve had some of these fabrics for YEARS, and I am still trying to use them all up.  They are so outdated, but I promised myself I’d use up these old fabrics before I bought new fabrics.

I’ve made several quilts from Pat Speth’s Nickel Quilt books, but this one was quite challenging.  It was my problem child!  The technique was not difficult, but cutting & sewing all those 2-1/2” squares and half-square triangles was time-consuming… not to mention that I had to be careful when sewing the blocks together.

Of course, I was in a hurry to finish … too bad I made a mistake when I laid out the design and didn’t notice until after I'd sewn several rows.  I had to “unsew” everything, lay it out right, and then sew it all up again.  I was fed up!  I put it away for a few weeks before finally finishing it up.

I machine-quilted it myself with an all-over meander/loopy design.  And, I used a thrift-store twin sheet for the backing … it was like-new and it worked out pretty good! 

The quilt is completely finished, although I don’t have a picture of it with binding.  And, despite everything, I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.  This quilt belongs in my personal collection.

February 2010

UPDATE: I gifted this quilt to my niece Lisa, who loves to cook.  She made a traditional Mexican family dinner, complete with pan dulce, menudo, carnitas, lengua, tamales, plus champurrado and hot chocolate. We had a wonderful time filled with laughter and great memories! ~ November 7, 2015