IQUILTAROD!
Yes, it is goofy but true. Because all the goofy things are true, really. In the time of the Iditarod race, which Bonnie has repeatedly told me is about 8 days, I will complete a quilt! No promises about how big it will be, but "complete" to me means that I will have the binding on and finished. Complete! I'm working on a pattern right now, but you must bear with me because I'm not a computer geek and I don't have any quilt planning software. I'm old-school, you see, and I use blank paper and pens. And have I mentioned I'm not an artist, either? I can picture it in my head and I can make it out of fabric, but the "has a drawing that clearly indicates the appearance of the finished product" is REALLY not where any gift I have lies. BUT! With that said, here is my inspiration:
This is, I believe, the beautiful Rowan. She's in shadow so I can't really tell her color, but Loki is bigger. Hmm. Anyway! I think this is Rowan. What I'm planning is to do the Nothing But Patience block--which I will post a tutorial of before the event, I promise!!--in whites and greys for the "snow", which will be where the brown is in the picture above. Then the stream in the picture above will be stripping, I think, of browns and greys to look like the runner trail. And then dear Rowan, of course, will be in the foreground as she is above and appliqued on. One husky quilt to commemorate IQuiltarod I. :)
Of course, I've got to get it made. But that's the fun of the challenge, right? Now to get a tutorial of the block made and posted...
