Carly is the 9 month old daughter of some very good friends of mine. She was born back in March of 2008, and I haven't got to meet her in person yet. I get photos of her via email quite often from her mom, and of course the Christmas Card Photo was all about their first baby! Unfortunately, I even missed the Baby Shower, as I was teaching that day at the Portland CK Scrapbook Convention.
However, included with the baby shower gift I sent to them, I included fabric swatches. I had found a mini-camouflage print in teal, purple and pink, and it was perfect. Deana and Chad (Carly's Parents) are avid outdoors lovers, and a lot of things on their registry was pink camo.
I used Triangles on a Roll to make the pinwheel blocks, and then did a simple white sashing around them. Yellow is such a warm and happy color, that I used it for the background of the blocks, and the borders. Then--the best part! I found a Large Pink Camo FLANNEL fabric, which I used for the back of the quilt. Now it's super snuggly. I've had the top done for about 5-6 months, but with my quilt stuck on the quilt frame until the machine was fixed, I couldn't get it completed. On the frame it went on New years day, two days of stitching in short intervals, and VIOLA! It's done!
I had fun with this one, playing with some different stitching designs and threads. Very happy with how it turned out!
(Completed 1/3/09)
~~Angie
Oh, I love this quilt!!!! Really love that pink camo too...adds so much to the quilt!
Posted by: Chrys | January 08, 2009 at 05:50 AM