I have been working on this quilt for a couple months but finished it up this week. It is the first quilt I have made from a pattern in years, which is to say that I looked at the measurements for the cuts and never bothered to read the written instructions. The pattern is from Boo Davis's Dare to Be Square, a book that I posted on before and that my sister gave me for my birthday. I doctored it a little to stitch on a smile and make a more cutesy eye. (The author's website makes clear that she prefers heavy metal quilts to the cutesy, so I sort of like the idea of making her too-cute patterns even cuter.)
The quilt is for my cousin (who is preggers). Green because it is close to her college's colors as well as one of her favorite colors, the dog because she loves dogs, and the orange and brown colors to evoke Snog, the stuffed snake-dog draft blocking critter that we both played with at my Grandma's house.
Quilted in wavy horizontal stripes because I lack the skillz to do anything more impressive. Polka dot binding because I love polka dot binding.
the backing fabric is a giant panel print, Jomo Jungle by Alexander Henry. I love it.
4 comments:
AMAZING! And I love that all the parts are meaningful! You have a lucky cousin.
I just picked up this book at the library...hope my projects look as good as yours does!
Your cousin is very lucky to have such talented relly's. A very neat quilt for the newborn.
The dog is so cute. Made me laugh. Jennifer Paganelli's new book has a weiner dog softy in it. So cute. I love the idea.
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