Kathy Yurris said it has been a decades-long dream to make a quilt that fits a car, an achievement she reached after four years of work and donations from 30 quilters.
“It’s always been my dream to make one because I have so much time on my hands,” Yurris joked.
While Yurris got the inspiration for a car quilt at an Ontario quilt show 20 years ago, it wasn’t until four years ago that she started working on one herself.
The quilt was made with “orphan blocks” – sewn pieces that never made it into other final projects – donated by 30 quilters.
Yurris said the most challenging part was fitting the quilt to the curves of the car. To do this, she turned the quilt inside out, laid it on the car and marked everywhere she would need to make adjustments.
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While the quilt has its own licence plate, Yurris said you can’t drive the car with the quilt on it.
“I didn’t put a door in it. We didn’t put any holes for the lights, so no one could tell where you were going, and the car would really overheat because it’d be so hot,” said Yurris.
Yurris was clear to say this was a “one and done project” and car quilts will not be sold at the Quilted Raven, where she works. Yurris said she will also not be making a quilt to fit a boat.
“I am just glad that Charlene did not have an F-150,” Yurris said of the person’s car used as the model.
Yurris said the quilt will be displayed outside the Quilted Raven on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 11am-4pm in the summers.
