Pollyanna Rainbow Sunshine and the Needles of Doom

Lyda here. Like ya’ll didn’t know that from the title.

Ya’ll may remember that Yankee Doodle Boy, the latest member of my far-flung clan, joined us on the Fourth of July.

So, being the crazy woman and doting grand-aunt that I am, I immediately thought – BABY QUILT! And after this I’ll make a quilt for his toddler brother. But let’s cross that insanity when we come to it.

Right now I’m on a no-new-fabric diet, so I did some stash diving. Easier now that I organized my fabric. Heh. I said “stash diving.”

He shares his birthday with the USA. And he’s a Texan. I kept that in mind as I dug through the fabric.

And then I found the bandanas. Score! I had three bandanas in three different blues (one each in light, medium and dark blue, so perfect), and another in tan. And I had red fabric in a bandana-type print. So, mostly red, white and blue, with a cowboy-type tan.

Perfect!

I ironed them, cut off the rolled edges of the bandanas, and cut them up into two-inch squares. Yes. The insanity of the Teeny Tiny Squares continues.  I also cut some of the red fabric into two-inch squares.

I had a lot of fun laying out the design of the quilt.

And I discovered something great.

Bandanas are awesome cut up into Teeny Tiny Squares. There were so many different patterns on these bandanas - large paisleys, tiny paisleys, stripes, dots, flowers, plain spaces… and randomly cutting them created endless combinations.

This quilt has variety and movement that would usually take a lot more fabrics to achieve.

Yee-haw! Welcome to the The Patriotic Cowboy Quilt!

I should watch John Wayne movies while I sew it, shouldn’t I?