Crab Quilt

How do you memorialize your departed crabs? I honor mine with a crab quilt. Here’s how:

Step 1. Find a good place to work.

It was a particularly sunny day in Juneau, so I headed to the beach!

 Step 2. Get your pattern
an octogon and a right triangle

Step 3. Cut out your fabric

1 red octogon, 1 blue octogon, 4 red triangles = 1 crab

I had already sewn two triangles together here.

I am doing this all by hand, so I draw in my margins.

Step 4. (a really important one)

Stay full and happy while you work

Yum! Raviolis!

Step 5. Construct your crab

The idea is to have a quilted crab for each crab I've had.

note the green eyes, because these are opies!

Step 6. Sew all your crabs together!

a work in progress