A few months ago, Rollo asked me to make a new quilt that he could take to college. The turtle quilt I made when he was six was getting worn and a bit too small. I thought he might want something more manly(=boring). So I looked up some simple designs that could be nice. He wasn't impressed. He wanted a dragon.
So I started with this lovely Kona Bay panel. I think I was lucky to find one still available.
Then Rollo picked out three border designs from The Border Workbook, by Janet Kime. I picked colors to coordinate with the dragon panel, looking for sort of scaly prints. And some stars. My boys' quilts always include stars. I finished this quilt in record time, for me. I ordered the panel in April, waited to check out the border book in June, and hurried to put it all together in July and August, in spite of a couple of unusual heat waves.
I finished the straight-line machine quilting around the borders and bound up the edges the day before we left to deliver Rollo to his grandparents' house, where he'll live this school year. I added some hand quilting on the central panel between shopping trips and visiting while we were there for a week. And now he has a (really) big hug from me to wrap up in any time.
In other news, Scoot returned with honor from his mission to Belgium and the Netherlands. He served well and enjoyed it, and we are happy to have him home. We're also glad he's getting along well with our newest resident, Kasimir. Both Scoot and the Caterpillar will be pursuing their studies locally for a semester or two, and it is nice to have them around.
And today is the first day of 10th grade for D2. While he did get to go to the high school building for a couple of months last year, this was his first day to go to the church for early-morning seminary. I hope he sets his alarm clock for tomorrow.
