The only reason I know when this top was started is because I remember which house I was living in when I started. This top was started before my daughter was born. She is only twelve.
I think I started this quilt because I like the Asian inspired fabrics. When I began to again work on this quilt I was concerned that it would not match up well, since way back then I was a fairly new quilter. Not a new sewer, but a newer quilter. I was pleasantly surprised that it was not to bad.
I had even purchased the fabric for the back long ago. It sort of looks like bamboo leaves. I still remember when I saw it and knew right away it would be perfect. So, I am going to attempt to quilt a bamboo pattern on part of it. I practiced for a while today and watched Leah Days video on this pattern, Bamboo Forest.
I have begin a page devoted to Uncle Donald Quilts. I hope you visit it and make your own.
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Her instructions said you could do as little as sew a square in the middle to keep the front and back from coming apart. I did a bit more than that. I am not sure if it was good or bad. I think if I had started at it for a while, I might have come up with a better plan. I will try it again to see if I can do something I like a bit more.
First, I read a lot of stuff. There were quite a few people that recommended using quilting gloves. I could not figure out how that would help me. So, after considerable time, I ordered a pair. They actually sat on the kitchen counter until I was half way through this piece (I have no idea why). I happen to pass by the kitchen counter and grabbed them and holy cow did it make a difference. It was so much easier to move the piece around. I bought 
Second thing I learned is to pay attention to everything. I used some scraps from a dog quilt I made some time ago. I hung onto them because I am the crazy dog lady. I usually use scrap pieces of batting on these small pieces. I have a giant bag of them in my sewing room. So, I grabbed one that was big enough without a lot of thought. Started he quilting and noticed that it stuck to everything. I had pieces of this batting on everything. Looking at it after it was too late, I discovered that it was some sort of odd polyester. Thinking about it, I found it odd that I would have ever made a quilt with it. I think it might have been a piece of snow from my Christmas village that someone accidentally stuck in my batting bag. So, I don’t like how this piece feels. It is so lightweight. But, it has my cute dog fabric, so I will have to use it. Lesson learned. Pay attention to everything.
While I am sitting in meetings, I am often drawing (practicing) my quilting designs, sometimes I am doing it on my Surface computer. Funny thing, I feel my drawing often looks better than my quilting (Someone actually asked me if they could have my swirls doodle once). But it helps get the flow down for me.
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