The details

My MIL and I picked 8 fabrics from the Michael Miller Citron Grey line, 1/2 yard each.

I cut 7 squares from each fabric

7 1/2 X 7 1/2 inches

Then cut them in half diagonally

From that cut, I measured 4 inches on either side and cut off the tips to make trapezoids.  

Here's one of the paper templates I used to map out size of the finished quilt and shape of the trapezoids.  I have no idea what the actual finished dimensions are going to be though.  That guess of 41 X 55 inches, is just that.  A guess.  

I'll have the details on how I pieced it in a few more weeks.  Mama Cookie Dough stalks my blogs so I'm going to keep it a secret until her baby shower in a few more weeks.  Hi D!

Some work in progress

Got some pics off the real camera and got them edited as well.
And my work space

Men at work

Thanks Bijou for the post title.

So the fabric for Cookie Dough is all cut up.  Strips into squares, then triangles, then trapezoids, done!  When I asked H if he felt like arranging blocks last night, his eyes lit up.  I tend to over think this stage.  I had about 4 ways I wanted to lay out the pieces to see what the pattern looked like.  Instead, I let H do his magic and I reserved the right to switch a few pieces after he was done.  In the end I was allowed 6 pairs of traded fabric.  I only used 4 of them.  Pictures to come later.

New batch of fabric

Yay! New fabric.

It's now all washed and pressed and void of any selvages.

This the the beginning of the quilt for another niece/nephew nicknamed Cookie Dough.  These are all fabrics from the Robert Kaufman Citron Gray line.

See that bottom bike fabric?  Daddy Cookie, Mama Cookie and Grandma Cookie are all avid bikers (so are other aunts, uncles and cousins) so that fabric is going to be used on the top and as backing.

And the pattern?
*Deep breath*
Really stretching my quilting muscles here but I'm trying this trapezoid pattern from The Quilt Engineer.  I've consulted with my quilt buddy Tiff and engineer / quilting dude uncle, and I think I know how to piece it.  More to come soon.

Replica quilt

 My mom and dad have had this quilt for a while.*

It's probably from the 1880's.
 
It's beautifully pieced, sometimes with teeny tiny scraps hand stitched together to make a larger piece of fabric (you know, gotta use those scraps) and perfectly hand quilted.
 
 My mom and I realized that we wanted to preserve the quilt from further wear and tear as the quilt on her guest room bed so we decided to remake the quilt in similar colors and similar design. I'll admit, it was tough to pick out beige, tan and brown fabric but I think we did a good job.
The quilt has more reds and pinks than what's showing in this picture too.  This is the best I could do on the fly with the iPod and no quilt-holding assistant.

We pieced it and had it quilted by a local quilter.
I loved making this quilt.  It was a great experience in preserving a piece of my family history.

*I'll update with the exact family relation later. My family history is a little fuzzy and I have to connect with the family historian.