Feelin’ quilty

I let out a little squeal when I was reading the newspaper this morning. In the features section was a story about making over children’s rooms , and along with the story was a photo of a young boy’s stylish new space, and in the photo you can catch a glimpse of a color wheel quilt his mother made for his bed—the very quilt that is high up on my crafty to-do list.

Needless to say, my husband didn’t share my enthusiasm over the discovery (I think I got a half grunt out of him and the quickest of glances when I held up the paper saying, “see? see?”).

The rainbow quilt design comes from a book by Joelle Hoverson called Last-Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts , which I happen to have checked out from the library right now (renew! renew!). It is packed with lovely how-to projects for sewers. You can see the creations some of Holverson’s readers have made here .

I’ve had quilting on the brain lately. The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture is featuring an exhibit called Quiltscapes right now, and I’ve been meaning to attend. The exhibit features dozens of quilts from the MAC’s collection and runs through May 17.

The Inland Northwest is full of quilting shops and resources, including these:

The Quilting Bee in Spokane Valley
Buggy Barn Quilt Shop in Reardan
Log Cabin Dry Goods in Spokane
Bear Paw Quilting in Coeur d’Alene, which just moved to a new location: 600 W. Kathleen Ave., next to Fred Meyer
The Washington State Quilters Guild Spokane Chapter , which holds a great quilt show every fall at the Spokane Fair & Expo Center.

Let me know if I missed one of your favorites.

I’m planning on making the rainbow quilt for my youngest daughter’s first big-girl bed, a transition that (unbelievably) is only a few months away. Better get quilting!

What’s at the top of your crafty to-do list? Anyone finish a quilt they’d like to show off? E-mail me a photo and I’ll post it here.

Photo courtesy of Kirsten Unraveled.