I am so happy to have made this quilt for Alex’s 16th birthday. Over the course of a year or more whenever we’d stop at a quilt shop Alex would pick out fabric she liked and we’d buy fat quarters. I pieced her quilt using a pattern called “Hokey Pokey,” modifying it slightly to include some large squares. Because of Alex’s interest in Japanese culture, I added the kanji for “16” in raw edge appliqué. My aunt Sherry was gracious enough to allow me to use her Tin Lizzie, so it was the first quilt I quilted on a longarm. Of course, I was instantly hooked. This was pieced and quilted in March 2012.

“16″ pieced and quilted in 2012