Pat Sloan - What a difference a year makes

 

Last December in a moment of insanity

(I seem to have a lot of those)

I started my buddy Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt "Roll Roll Cotton Boll"

We even have a support encouragement group at my online quilters site

Some of us... ummmm... me.... changed the pattern a bit in the hopes that we'd finish it in our lifetime.. or at least by the time it comes out in her next book (which ever comes first). The pattern is no longer on her site, watch for the next book!

I set myself a goal to give it as a gift, that seemed to light a fire under me after 12 months (hey.. it was smoldering awhile)

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Then I pieced the back with some of the extras

and then sent it off to Cindy and Dennis of PinkPaw Studio to work some magic!

Don't you love this pattern!

It's SO ME!

And here it is on the front!

Have you finished a quilt yet this year?

don't forget to enter the giveaway HERE.. winner of the Amy Butler FQ Bundle picked tomorrow night! And I LOVE all the Valentine stories and all the Valentine blog links!

Comments

[Mary C in WA]

I didn't make that one or the one this past year. I still have the one from the year before- can't remember the name... Nice to see that you "Quilt by Credit card" like Eleanor Burns, too. Beautiful.

[Leah]

Congrats on the finish. I have finished 3 UFOs and have a new quilt on the longarm, and finished another quilt top tonight! It feels great!

[sharon]

My sister did finish hers and it is amazing. I, too, looked at the pictures and said I am not even attempting this one! Some are braver than others and it shows in their end results. Pat, yours is just fabulous.

[Dixie]

Congrats on the finish Pat. Very pretty fabbies. I'm so glad I hung in there & finished mine. It's one of my favs.

[Beth Friend]

Mine is still a UFO. Yours is just beautiful. I love your colors, it looks so different. Great quilting too.

[Cindy Dickinson]

Love it, and so glad that you do, too! Thanks for the mention! Smooches!

[Jean]

Beautiful quilt, Pat~ I also made one using the colors Bonnie posted. Her quilts are so fun and turn out so pretty!!

[Joan]

It's gorgeous! You have such a great stash of fabrics for a quilt like this. It would be a great snuggle quilt- you could sit and look at the different fabrics for hours.

[Shirley in Canada]

Wonderful finish Pat! Mine became the start of another UFO but with plans for something total different.... someday ☺

[Betsy Albertson]

I finished a quilt top, guess that does not count. You did an awesome job on your quilt, you can be proud!

[Deb f]

Its gorgeous Pat! Congrats on the finish.

[Mary]

I Just quilted one this week for a friend. OMG - what a beautiful quilt and what an amazing amount of piecing! Congrats on sticking to it, I just looked at pictures and thought - NO WAY!