Follow the Leader quilt |
I have made each of my grandchildren a quilt for when they were born. Now that they are getting older I am making them a larger quilt.
Detail of the arrow block |
Grandson Colton loves his trucks so when I sew this quilt kit at Mill House Quilts in Waunakee, WI I just had to get it for him. I cut it out and made the truck blocks at home. At retreat in March I pieced the rest of the quilt top together.
Detail of the border and a cornerstone |
After getting it pieced, I realized it was only about the size of the baby quilt I had done for him. I took the strips that I had cut for the binding and added them as a third border. Then in my stash I found a blue marbled fabric. The size of the final border was determined by the amount of fabric I had. I also added cornerstones from the parts that were left from the panel that the truck blocks had been cut from.
Label with name |
I had a piece of red fabric in my stash that I used for the backing. The new binding was made from strips cut from leftover fabric from the kit.
Who made it label |
For one of the labels on his quilt, I found a truck appliqué design that was meant to be a birthday design with a number in the bed of the dump truck. Using my software, I erased the stitches for the number and then shrunk the size of the truck to fit on the label. Again using scraps of fabric from the kit I did the appliqué design. I think he will enjoy his quilt when I give it to him on our vacation in July. I hope to have the other two done by then also.
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