Presents I

I always tell people that I do not quilt.  So, please don't let the cat out of the bag that I actually made up a pseudo-quilt!
I've had this fish fabric for a long time.  I didn't buy it - definitely not my style.  Must have been "inherited".  Every so often I would think to give it to Goodwill, but then I would reason that it just might come in handy some day.  Why, I couldn't explain, but I had this feeling.  So there it lay, taking up space.
I now have a future son-in-law.  That's one person who I don't really know well at this point in time.  I do need to include something in the Christmas present box for him.  It can't all be for my daughter.  I thought long and hard with no brilliant ideas forthcoming.  Finally I asked my daughter what would be a good present.  She remembered the fish fabric.  A throw blanket for watching TV!  The fiance is a fishing and hunting kind of guy (I guess they come that way in Northern BC).  The fish sort of work with that theme.  I did a lot of calculating and cutting and sewing and more cutting and sewing.  I really do know why I would make a horrid quilter - it's boring sewing!  Nevertheless - I did actually get this done.  I did take the easy way out with the back.  Bought a square of polar fleece to stitch down the fishy top.  I even got lazy with the edges.  No binding!  I just wrapped the polar fleece, stitched all the way around and trimmed.  That was a lot of stitching!

Moral of the story - never get rid of odd fabric - you never know when the appropriate recipient might happen along.