Whew! I have been working on this quilt for quite a while. Never mind, that it was a birthday gift for the past September, and when I missed that deadline, I wanted to have it finished in December.
It's done, now. Measures approximately 69"x83".
This is a quilt for my 9 year old nephew. I have been wanting to make him a quilt for quite some time, but just hadn't seemed to think of the right design idea for him. Finally, it came to me: solid HST's and just let the pieces come together randomly.
After that, I asked him to list his top 4 favorite colors. He wrote down orange, blue, red, green {Incidentally, I still have the note card where he wrote this info down. I'm going to save it as a moment.} Then, I went to my friends house and spent a lot of time staring at her Kona Color Card.
I ended up choosing 3 shades of orange, 3 blue, 2 red, and 2 green. I think I started with 6 inch squares and sewed and cut them all into HST's. However, apparently my cutting was a little off and I ended up having to trim the squares down smaller than I thought I would. So, the quilt ended up being slightly smaller than I anticipated. It's still a great size, though. I've been tempted to cuddle up with it all week long.
I really tried to put this whole thing together randomly. Once I cut the original squares, I put them in a shopping bag and pulled them out randomly to sew together. Then, once they were cut and ironed open I threw them back in a bag and randomly pulled them out again to sew into strips. I stacked the strips up and then sewed the strips together in that stacked up order.
As I was working on this quilt, I wasn't quite sure it I was going like it. It's so bright and lurid. However, now that it's together, I really like how it all came together. I really hope my nephew likes it, too!
6 comments:
I think it is FANTASTIC and perfectly suited to a young boy. I love how you put it together. That sounds like a fun way to do a project!
Turned out awesome! I have a 10 year old girl and they love the bright colors at this age. What a great feeling to get this done!
it's wonderful! I know he will love it. the colors you chose are fantastic, love that you used different shades of each color
Lurid??!! NOoooooooooooooooo it's fabulous - those colours work so well together, and I love the random placement of the blocks - that's my kind of fun, happy and carefree design :) Your nephew is going to love it! Do you have scraps left over? If so, you could make a stuffy or pillowcase or drawstring bag for the quilt, and it will co-ordinate perfectly :)
Love the colors you chose. And it's so fun that you were able to let the blocks be placed randomly. Looks great! Thanks for participating in our Crafting Comment Karma link up!
Lovely and cheerful quilt!
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