Cabin Fever Crazy Quilt

I have not left the house since Saturday. I can go several days without going anywhere, especially if I'm messing around in the yard. In the summertime, I usually only manage to leave the house once a week to get groceries. Suits me just fine to hang out on the porch, mow the lawn, play in the dirt. Being couped up makes me crazy. We had some sex, played xbox, built a snowman, played xbox, snuggled dogs, ate all the food in the house and then, I pieced a quilt. I drug Lee up to my sewing room and made him pick out nine fabrics he could live with to make it. I made him do the math, to help me decide how large the blocks should be to make the monstrosity. I've always wanted a quilt that would not just fit our king-size bed, but drape down the sides and foot. I did it! It's width is 10.5 ft wide and 8.5 ft long and I haven't added the border yet. Insane! But gorgeous and what I've always wanted to do. I began a pin wheel quilt about 10 years ago. The squares were small, I didn't have a machine back then and it's in an Americana theme that I could just never use in my bedroom. Perhaps I will make some throw pillows with them or something. I'm finishing this quilt today! I started it Tuesday night. I went into it without high expectations. About every other project I these days gets tossed aside halfway through. I love redecorating my bedroom. Back when I worked I bought a new bedding set twice a year. They are all over my house. I have so many that some are stored between Robin and Eric's mattress and box springs in their bedroom upstairs. If you want to say I hoard bedding, that would be true. I don't "collect" one other thing. I still have the comforter that my mom and dad bought in high school. Prior to that I'd always shared a bed with someone. But when I asked for a room in the basement, and they obliged, I got my first comforter. Hooked! It is a very fluffy peach twin, with a large peach eyelet ruffle. Love! It doesn't fit any bed I own, but I usually drape it across something. I have given some bedding away over the years. I'm not stingy, but I always want the bedding to go to a good home and be loved. Okay, that sounds nuts. And being that I can describe all my bedding in detail makes me think I may have a problem. Whatever. Mommaw had all kinds of quilts stored and my Grandmother Lois loves her pretty bedding, too. I come by it honestly. Can't wait to make a chunky quilt with a combination of bright green and grey blocks, splashes of cream, too, for our room this spring. Lovely! Who needs a quilt?

Here's a pic. It definitely needs quilting. Right now it's just acting as a duvet. I'm not feeling the curtains, lol, I will have to decided which ones to use. Love the pattern. Not sure about my decision to used satin, although it was easy to work with. While neutral is nice, some of this just isn't working for me. The next one will be tweaked for sure.