Quilting

Well I am just back from a crafting long weekend. This was with my sister-in-law and her CCC group (Coffee, Chat, Craft). This was my second time. Last year I had to work so took my work with me and knitted the weekend away, as
I watched in envy, all the other women sewing up a storm! Sewing in the form of Quilting.

I have found over the years that quilter's are a breed of there own, so I opened the door and had a dabble!

Mind you this is not really the first time, I had started a traditional hexagon patchwork quilt years ago, in Blues and Pinks... started while expecting my first child, and when a boy popped out, packed it neatly away. Until I was expecting again a couple of years later. So out is can and more progress was made.... and what did I have... yep another boy... so back into the cupboard it went. 4 years roll on by and expecting again. So out it came and it grew.... but... yes you guessed it another boy.... so back in the cupboard. 18 years on, it is so close to being finished, but not a girly reason in sight to motivate me... so back to being a UFO.

Inspired by last years group I bought myself a 'Jelly Roll' and some 'Fat Quarters'..... and look quilters even have a language of their own... and it does not stop there either, but alas I am a newbie to this so will have to battle on and smile and pretend I know what they are talking about.

So my small purchase sat patiently til this weekend, and now here is my quilt top, inspired by a quick search on 'Jelly Roll' ideas on the net the morning I left. I just have to quilt it and bind the edges now!

So any quilters out there??? Does this pattern have a name?

 

And here is a snippet of my UFO!