Laowai

This old quilt needed a wash – it’s my Swiss baby, Claire’s, quilt. Washing a quilt stresses me out a little. But it all went fine and we had a good hot sunny spell so it dried quickly on our patio. Now it feels clean and fresh again.

I have 400 hexagons sewn together now. I think 800 will be a good size and then I’ll add some white hexagons around the edge.

Taking the papers out is very satisfying. I try to leave them in around the edges to give the quilt a little strength until it’s almost done. I take out the papers in the middle hexagons and reuse them.

And I saw this pattern in a book a few days ago. It might be the inspiration for my next quilt.