PQ 17.6 Prep Tart

 It is the last challenge of Project Quilting Season 17.  (Wow that is a big number, since I've been playing since at least season 3.)  Trish went out of her way to let me know that this one was a double dog dare.  Or something like that.  The challenge was Handful.  I had thoughts.  I had lots of thoughts.  

One was to mess with the size of the hand  I really thought about doing that.  Particularly since this had was quilted in and of itself.  (It was a prop Spud 2 rescued from his high school production of Suessical.)  

Then I thought about pushing the size of what a hand could hold.  I mean, seriously, a hand can hold a garbage bag and a really big quilt can fit in a garbage bag.  But, alas, my time is never my own at the end of a PQ season.  It is when activities for my organization pick up.  It is also when my paying job rears its whimsical head and I have to start prepping seriously for shows.  So....  I decided to multi-task. 

I'd been playing around with making more play foods.  I have been playing around with the idea of making more bag charms.  So, I made a Prep Tart.  Ya.... I am old enough.  AND my shirt was almost exactly that color.  Of course I could barely afford one so I certainly didn't pop the collar on more than one.  I wasn't six shirt Sam (why in the world did that man not sweat?  Probably something in the preppy genes or maybe a deep secret buried in the handbook.  I wasn't that fancy.)  

A guy I knew by the name of Fred had an alligator shirt.  I met him before I knew what preppy was.  Before my midwestern soul had ever heard of East Coast Money.  Before I knew what a brand name was.  I mean if it wasn't Sears, Penny's or Simplicity via good ole me....   

Well, anyway Fred had a pink one.  I really liked the alligator.  I didn't think so much about Fred.  I'm quite sure he wasn't too impressed by my middle class midwestern vibe.  But I still liked that shirt.  

A year later, I happened across a blue alligator shirt in my size in some sort of discount store in Texas.  Ya, yer girl gets around.  I think I spent $20 of my own hard earned money on it.  That was a LOT.  I wore the heck out of that shirt.  I wore it even after Preppy became a guidebook and pink and green plaid were the rage.  'Cause a $20 shirt was still a $20 shirt and I still liked that alligator.  

So.... back to the issue at hand.  How in the world is breakfast toaster pastry plushie a quilt?  Well.  The RULZ say that the project has to be made using one or more of three things, patchwork, applique or three layers stitched together.   This clearly has an applique.  It has three layers and it is stitched together.  I was gonna patchwork together some batting pieces for the filling but I really don't like stitching over naked batting.  Let alone batting that has been pieced and has extra threads and edges to catch and ruin my day.  So I left that out.  Although, like Mr Schrodinger's cat, it could be there.  It is both there and not there.  So.... who's to say, really.  

This little guy is just shy of 4" long and about 3 inches wide.  It is made from fleece, fluff and thread.  So, yeah, he fits in my hand.  You may see him in one of my shows soon.  Maybe a pink version.  Most likely some other variations of breakfast toaster pastries.  It is intended to be a bag charm.  That is kind of like a coozie for your bag, right?  

And Trish... hope this is suitably RULZ averse and coozie friendly for you!