A quilt in progress... I wanted to make my brother a baby quilt that he could gift to some very good friends of his. I fussy cut a fat quarter of some very cute cowboys and cows. Only a fat quarter does not a baby quilt make.
Pieced around the fussy cut blocks and made this quilt up as I went along, so putting this together is taking much, much longer than usual.
The key, I think, is keeping the color palette simple and neutral. That and lots of staring at the blocks and rearranging them over and over on the floor to group the blocks to tell a mini-story and also balance the arrangement of characters with the log cabin blocks and pinwheels.
And, of course, the baby's name to personalize this one-of-a-kind quilt. The back is finished in super soft minkee.
Update: My brother told me that when Cohen, who is 1 years-old, was given the quilt, he immediately hugged it and then put his face on it. Ahh. That makes my heart happy.
Pieced around the fussy cut blocks and made this quilt up as I went along, so putting this together is taking much, much longer than usual.
The key, I think, is keeping the color palette simple and neutral. That and lots of staring at the blocks and rearranging them over and over on the floor to group the blocks to tell a mini-story and also balance the arrangement of characters with the log cabin blocks and pinwheels.
And, of course, the baby's name to personalize this one-of-a-kind quilt. The back is finished in super soft minkee.
Update: My brother told me that when Cohen, who is 1 years-old, was given the quilt, he immediately hugged it and then put his face on it. Ahh. That makes my heart happy.
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