I have a grandson for whom I have not yet made a quilt. His sister, however has TWO quilts, so I know that I need to make a quilt for Landon ASAP!!! I asked him about color choices. Now, the family joke is if I want to know what colors a grandchild likes, ask him/her "What colors do you like, what color "underwear" do you want for Christmas?" I get some color preferences to work with.
The first time I did this caused some confusion, understandably. "Red and blue" was the answer to the question, and I went out and actually bought red and blue underwear for my chosen Christmas quilt recipient. And I made a red and blue quilt. He opened the underwear first, and Shock showed on his face--Shock with a capital "S". Shock turned into disappointment. "I thought I was going to get a quilt!" he said. He was not disappointed long, because the next present was the quilt, and all was well with the world! But ever after that, "What color underwear?" has a new meaning!
So, back to Landon! I asked him "What color underwear do you want for Christmas?" Landon must not have remembered about the family underwear joke, because he said, "Do not buy me underwear for Christmas!" His brothers and sister hooted in laughter, and Landon repeated his demand, "Do not buy me underwear for Christmas!" His brother told him, "Grandma is not talking about underwear!" but Landon would not talk to me after that!
I found out from his Dad that Landon likes red, and since his school colors are red and black, I decided those would be the colors I will use in his quilt. It's the end of October, so I have to get working on it right away if I want it done for Christmas. I have a pattern picked out already. I found a quilt I liked on the internet and worked out the pattern in Electric Quilt8, my quilting software program. I will call this quilt "Chain Link", and it looks like this:
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