The Little Rocketeer

Since my sewing machine is inoperable and I found myself still motivated... I decided to start planning the quilt I intend to make for Dyson. I picked out the pattern and purchased the fabric for this quilt months ago. Because I am always SO organized (HA,HA!) I still needed to sit down to figure out what fabric goes where. Of course, I did this initially but never wrote it down anywhere and needed to figure it all out again.

The pattern I chose for Dyson's quilt is "Little Rocketeer" from McCall's Quick Quilts, July 2009. It took me close to an hour to figure out which fabric's I intended to use where in the quilt since the color scheme was a little different.



According to my receipt, I purchased three cuts of the galaxy print fabric for a total of 4.75 yards (1.75 yds, 1.00 yds and 2 yds). When I initially looked at the receipt, I spent a considerable amount of time trying to figure out why I purchased only 4.75 yds when I was going to need a total of 6 yards (1 yd for the blocks and 5 yards for the backing). Well after pulling out the tape measure, I discovered that I clearly have more than the needed 6 yards. Joann's messed up and in my favor for the first time ever!!!

I built the color scheme off of the galaxy print using solids, batiks and tone-on-tone prints to highlight the main print. I decided to change the border to a starry sky. Within that border, I plan to applique two space ships at opposite ends of the quilt and use machine quilting in the border to make them fly.



Galaxy Print (Main Block and Backing)



Dark Blue Batik (Four Patch Block)



Medium Red Batik (Four Patch Block)



Orange Tone-On-Tone Print (Inner Border)



Medium Blue Print (Outer Border)