Seaside Squares

There are just a handful of quilts that I've finished over the past six years and for one reason or another have never appeared here on my blog.  This quilt is one of them.  It's called Seaside Squares and this is actually the second time I've made this quilt.

 I first talked about this quilt here - waaaaay back in the Summer of 2012.  The fabric line was brand new and I was instantly smitten with it. (By the way, the fabric line is called Seaside, designed by October Afternoon for Riley Blake.)

Fast forward to 2014.  My mom came to visit and decided she really liked this quilt so it went home with her.  At this point I had completely forgotten that this quilt was still listed for sale on Etsy.  You see where this is going?

Yep.  A couple of months after the quilt went to live at my mom's house, the quilt listing on Etsy sold.  I went to find the quilt to mail it off to it's new lovely owner and I COULD. NOT. FIND. IT.  My mom happened to be visiting again at the time and gently reminded me that she had taken that quilt with her last time.  Doh. 

 I got in touch with the customer and we worked out a solution - one in which I happily got the chance to make this Seaside Squares quilt again.  As I was making it I realized two things:

#1:  I'm SO glad that I take detailed notes as I'm making each quilt.

#2:  I've never re-made the EXACT quilt before.  Ever.  

It was kinda fun!  I liked the challenge of tracking down the different prints from several online shops and retracing my steps as I created a twin sister to the original Seaside Squares.

Both finished quilts measure about 64" x 64".  Both are now happily living in their new homes.  And I have now double and tripple checked to make sure all of the quilts listed in my Etsy shop are actually here and ready to be shipped!