2001 was a busy year for me. It was my end of my second year and beginning of my third year of teaching. My daughter was three years old at the time and learning to sew on her own machine.
Somewhere along my visits to quilt stores gathering fabric, I saw a bug jar quilt. My first thought was my nephew, Bishop, would really love a bug jar quilt. First step was to purchase enough bug fabrics to make a large enough quilt! That may not seem like a difficult task, but at the time, there were not as many bug fabrics as I have seen today. Once the fabrics were collected, I started making the jars. I didn't make them all the same size, which proved to be challenging when I started putting it all together! I am sure that there were a few colorful words in the process.
As if that wasn't enough, I decided what would be better than creating a sandbox for the back of the quilt! I added a truck, a shovel and pail, and some of animals out of their jars. The small jar with the open lid has bees escaping! If I find a close up photo of the escaping bees I will post it later. His older brother Ben was a little jealous, because to date the only quilt he has from Aunt Katrina was a baby blanket to match his nursery. I still owe him a larger quilt! I haven't quite seen the perfect pattern and fabric for his yet.
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