Seems like most quilters have a few quilt stories about sewing during the Covid-19 epidemic. This quilt is one of mine! (If you are interested in Covid-19 sewing, see my post from June 11, 2020 about a quilt made with scraps from sewing face masks).

I saw this pattern, “Chamomile” by Allison Jensen, woodberryway.com, on a Facebook live sale. It looked so cute, so I popped into my shopping cart.

I had a low volume* 2 1/2 inch strip roll and knew this was the perfect pattern for this fabric. I had yardage of a few others which I added, cutting them into strips too. I got right to work and sewed the 16 patch units, and the little 9 patch cornerstones. Then I looked at all those 1 1/2 inch strips of fabric which needed to be sewn together to create the sashing. And the wind went right out of my sails. Wooft.

I just could not get myself to sew all those fussy little strips together after sewing face masks. I packed all the fabrics and the blocks I’d completed into a project box and buried at the bottom of my stack of projects. I didn’t take it to the attic….it stayed out where I could be reminded of its existence.

Well, it took me almost a year, but I did finally get back to it. And really, the sewing wasn’t all that fussy. On the other hand, we’re not sewing face masks anymore!

So here it is. It is really a sweet quilt. There is a pink and cream striped fabric on the back which I picked up for a song at fabric sale our guild had recently.

A done deal? Um, no. The pattern calls yardage in fat quarters or fat eighths and I had a 2 1/2 inch roll. Somehow my quilt match failed me and I have still another 20 identical 16 patch blocks that still need to be made into a quilt. I don’t have enough of the soft teal or peach solid fabrics left to make another quilt that is just the same. But why would I want to do that anyway?

So, I have my eye out for a striped fabric in a different colorway that might create a similar look with less work. I am curious to see what, and when, that will happen!

I also had some strip sets that were off-cuts from the sashing strips on this quilt that were too short to use anywhere in this quilt. Look back to see my post from April 28, 2022 of the doll quilt I made using these strips and a swatch of fabric from spoonflower.com.

*Low volume fabrics have white or pastel backgrounds with very light printed surface designs.