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I love desserts whether it is a piece of pie, cake, donuts, brownies, chocolates, ice cream, cookies or candy! Although I love many desserts, my favorite is ice cream and donuts being a close second. One time at a local ice cream parlor, I went in and ordered what they called a Bell Ringer. The bowl was very large and contained a scoop of every flavor they sold on their menu. When the waiter served the large bowl of ice cream they rang a bell. If you ate the whole bowl of ice cream in one sitting without help from anyone else, it was free! Well, I decided to take the challenge. I could not finish the last scoop and a half of ice cream. Needless to say, I did not eat ice cream for awhile after that. I most definitely got my fill of ice cream. That was a few years ago, who knows if the challenge presented itself again whether I would take it or not.

My quilt guild has block exchanges periodically, so I signed up to participate in one. This block exchange took a year to complete. There were a total of 12 ladies in the group. We made the first block so there would be a sample block. Each month our box rotated to a different person on the list so they could make a block.

I decided to make a quilt featuring some of my most favorite desserts. At least there isn’t any calories in a dessert quilt. I provided all the fabrics for the block exchange. The ladies could make as many blocks as they wanted.

Although, the blocks were easy to make I really love the way this quilt turned out. It is really yummy!

I used ice cream and donut flannel on the back of the quilt. The binding has multi colored M&M’s.

As a child whenever we went to spend time with my grandparents I noticed every bed had a quilt on it. My grandmother had made all the quilts in their home.It was fun to see what she had made.

Now that I enjoy quilting, I wish I had gotten to spend time with my grandmother to learn more from her. One time while visiting with my Aunt I shared with her that I wished I had one of my grandmothers quilts. We talked about several of our favorite quilt patterns. I mentioned my most favorite quilt pattern is Sunbonnet Sue and that I would like to make that quilt some day. My Aunt said that Sunbonnet Sue was my grandmothers favorite quilt pattern too. My grandmother had made a quilt with Sunbonnet Sue but I don’t remember seeing it. So one of my goals is to make a Sunbonnet Sue quilt in memory of my grandmother.

I mentioned to my Aunt how disappointed I was for not getting one of my grandmothers quilts from the estate sale when my grandparents had passed away. She mentioned she had some quilt blocks made by my grandmother that she was not going to use for any of her quilts. She asked if I would like them. Of course, I jumped with joy and accepted her offer. So a few weeks later a box arrived with lots of quilt blocks. It was like Christmas! I opened the box and laid everything out on the floor so I could admire each block my grandmother had made.

There were several 16 patch blocks of various colors. The blocks reminded me of the song A Coat of Many Colors sung by Dolly Parton. Anyway, I set the blocks aside and put all the other blocks back into the box. While sewing the blocks together for the center of the quilt I noticed a floral fabric that my grandmother had used that was the same fabric I had. So, I used my floral fabric for the border. Some of the corner blocks were made by me and some by my grandmother.  I used a 1930′s replica light blue floral fabric for the backing.

Even though my grandmother and I didn’t actually get to make this quilt together, at least I got to finish a quilt she started.