This is a quilt that I sent as a Christmas gift to my sister-in-law who recently moved to Taos, New Mexico where she is taking care of children, skiing a ton, and working on learning how to ride a snowboard. Not a bad deal if you ask me.
When I asked her for guidance on color, one of the things she said was “bright and fun” so I ran with it. The multi color polka dot is a fabric that I used as binding fabric on a fleece blanket I made for her a few years ago. Since I had some scraps leftover, I used it as the basis for selecting the rest of the prints that I used in the quilt. Doing this really helped me to stay focused on a particular set of colors. From there, I tried to select a few prints that had meaning. For example, the prints from Denyse Schmidt’s County Fair line is a fabric that we used quite a bit when we were planning her older sister’s bridal shower. Some of the greens are prints that I have used in my son’s twin sized quilt. And because the recipient is a naturalist and animal lover, I incorporated a few novelty prints {frog, octopus, seahorse} that were designed by Heather Ross. I did a good amount of strip piecing to save time, but because I used a good variety of prints, the quilt still has the scrappy look that I love. I did straight line quilting, which is all I ever do because I haven’t been brave enough to try anything else. I also decided to incorporate rounded corners because I love how they look and I needed to finish this one up quickly. I ran out of fabric for the binding, so I used some scraps from the main body of the quilt. The scrappy bit of the binding is my absolute favorite part. I didn’t remember to measure it, but I’d say its a generous throw-sized quilt.
The recipient also sews, therefore I knew that every last stitch would be loved, appreciated, and understood. It was such a pleasure to make this for someone who is so dear to our family and whose personality is as bright and fun as this quilt.
That is stunning! Lucky girl to have that for a giftie 🙂 Beautiful colors.
Tanya
oh, i love every last bit of this! so scrappy, so bright, so fun!
It’s gorgeous! I love the colors you chose; the informal pattern works brilliantly with them.
It’s really wonderful. Bright and happy quilts are my favorite.
Wow that’s beautiful!
I love it!! I want one! lol. See you Friday! xo