grandmother’s crossing guide

Hello!

I am posting this in more of a hurry than what I would like, so unfortunately I don’t have the time to tell you the entire story behind this quilt.

Here are the basics:

it was created for Project Quilting’s “Hometown Proud” challenge.

I just moved to the town where my grandmother used to live. One thing I love about it is how it is very “walkable.” It has a small town feel and there are crossing guards everywhere looking out for pedestrians.

I am very much at a crossroads in my life.

I initially planned on making a quilt out of the classic Grandmother’s Cross pattern, which would have looked a bit like this:

But that wasn’t meant to be. Instead it turned out more like this:

And here is the finished product:

The mountain range is in gratitude to my grandmother’s guidance, the bright orange is for the crossing guards, and the two moons are a nod to a book I love by Haruki Murakami called IQ84.

I wish I could share more, but that will have to be all for now.

Thanks for reading!!!

xoxo,
erin