Sticks and Stones Quilt

 

Time finally fell into a calm, summer pace this week. I was happy to have time to putter at home. Since it is too hot and muggy to be outside more than necessary, I decided to begin piecing a quilt. 

My friend Pat gave me a jellyroll of Jo Morton's "Timeless" fabric collection that she did not want anymore. I used a Missouri Star Tutorial to stitch it up in the Sticks and Stones pattern. I pieced it randomly but there are many ways this could be pieced using lights and darks to form patterns. I did purchase an additional charm pack of the Timeless fabrics so that I would have enough for a complete piano key border without having to leave part of the border plain as they did in the tutorial. The pattern sews up easily and quickly and caused me no piecing panic. I will drop it off at the quilt shop in Rocky Mount to be quilted.

In summary, I am not a fan of this color palette. But, it matches our old oriental rug in the living room and  it was free. I have another jellyroll and charm pack of "Collections for a Cause: Etchings" which is what was used in the tutorial and which I much prefer. So, I will stitch this again at some point. At sixty by seventy inches, it will be a perfect lap quilt when those cold winter nights are back and we want to cozy up with a movie.