Happy trails indeed!
This little quilt-in-the-making is destined for a brand new little baby boy who lives in the UK. A second baby for our dear friends who are now firmly entrenched in Surrey.
Seeing as I made quilts for their first baby L, it's only fitting that baby E gets one too. What's even better is that we get to deliver it in person later this year!
I've used Happy Trails which is a really old line by Benartex that features all things cowboy including some very sweet but politically incorrect cowboy guns and barbed wire (...hope you don't mind Rache!). I picked various bits of the line up on a trip to Tasmania years ago and they've been waiting for the right aged little person.
Added to the mix are a number of other bits from the stash in blue, red, yellow and green and some solids in co-ordinating colours to create some reversed out maverick stars. I cut 3.5" squares with 2.5" squares for the triangle points. Each block is around 9" and I'v worked on a 5 x 6 block layout which will finish at a nice little cot size of around 45" x 54". Yee-hah cowboy!
By the time you get there this baby might get two quilts as well..
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I love it!! :o)
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous! I found your quilt on Pinterest and realized that this is just the pattern for my son's quilt. The splash of stars add just the right pizzazz!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering ... I've already cut out all my squares for a nine patch to 2 1/2 inches. Do you know what size I would need to make the squares for my points? 1 1/2 inches? Just thought I'd ask since I'm a bit new to working without a pattern. Thank you!
nice job how did you make it.
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