Some chunks and strips of fabrics featuring roads, road signs, and vehicles were in a bag of scraps that I brought home from a retreat that I attended a year ago. These were leftovers from a fellow quilter who was making a quilt for her grandson.
Since a number of the pieces were fairly long strips, I planned that this lap quilt would be made from horizontal "stripes". I began by piecing together chunks or adding chunks to strips to make stripes approaching the width needed for a lap quilt. In my stash, I found coordinating fabrics from which I cut more long strips. Now I needed to map out the details of how all of these stripes would go together.
At one of this year's summer retreats, I took advantage of a large work space to lay out the stripes. (While doing so, a retreat friend contributed some "truck" fabric leftovers to add to my quilt!) I was able to determine the best order of the stripes, then cut them all to the size of the shortest one.
When pieced together, the quilt top measured ~31" x 34". I wanted to add a 3" border to make it bigger. I did not have enough of any of the fabrics that I had used to construct the basic quilt top, so had to go shopping.
I purchased a gray fabric that blended with the gray in the fabrics of the quilt top. But when I laid that out next to the quilt top, it just seemed kind of "blah". I went "shopping" in my stash and found a black fabric with a subtle gray print. This did a better job of framing the quilt top.
Corner squares were cut from some of the leftover vehicle fabrics.
Construction complete with no major road blocks! When it is tied up and bound, this lap quilt will be ready to be used and enjoyed.
