Christmas Gifted Quilts

This is the finished crib quilt

that was a last minute special request.

Solid blues for the outer border,

a mix of starry night-time blues for the center,

and especially for my little beach bum

his name in turquoise with colorful beach ball bubbles.

Quilted using Glide Rainbow Variegated thread (top)

and Persian Glide (back).

See previous post for more quilting notes.

Here's a detail shot of the name fabric.

And a detail shot of the border stitching

and striped binding fabric.

Mom and Dad and Little Man all love it.

36" wide x 45" long

Here is the larger of the two quilts 

featuring a hungry animals ABC panel

 by J. Wecker Frisch for Quilting Treasures.

I added the fun border and sassy striped binding.

Quilted with liberated free motion Baptist Fans

in Glide Warm Grey 4 thread.

Finished size approximately 45" x 55".

Two toucans on a turtle taking tea

beside a topiary and two trellises.

I cut 10.5" squares from "wordy" prints

to create the quilt's scrappy back.

Can you find the turtles, daisies, dots, 

butterflies, fish, pigs (and/or flying pigs), 

trucks, raindrops, birds, 

birdcage, Dr. Suess characters,

bunnies, ducks, sheep, flowers, 

and on and on?

A closer sampling of fabrics used in the back.

Bike, ball, pear, compass, pirate,

bunny, duck, flower, stars, fish, 

(who can later become Dory and Nemo)

Curious George, ship, continent, and so on.

N is for nuts, neck (the ostrich's), and nest.

O is for Ostrich in overalls, 

oranges in the orange chair, olives, owl, 

open (window), and onions (growing in the ground).

S is for smiling sheep sitting on a stool

with soup sitting on a stack of suitcases,

socks and saddle shoes, 

sunflowers, stove, sugar,

shutters, salt shaker, 

snow (outside the window),

spoons (hanging on wall), and a sink.

Each and every letter block is just like this -

filled with things to seek and find.

Mom and Dad spent quite a while

poring over the quilt 

looking for and finding things.

But the best part was Little Man's reaction

when he pulled the quilt out of the gift bag.

He knew EXACTLY what to do.

* * * 

I'll be linking up on Tuesday

 with Ann and Kaja and the Ad Hoc Improv Quilters

for the final 2017 AHIQ link party.

Looking ahead, 

I'll have two posts in the coming days

about my goals and plans for 2018.

I may not achieve all of them

but I know sharing them here will help keep me on track.

Quiltdivajulie

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"You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage - pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically - to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside."
Stephen R. Covey