A few months ago it was my turn to be the "Quilter" for my Do.Good Charity Bee. This means that I get to choose a pattern, and ask my Bee friends to send me a couple of blocks to help me make a quilt for charity.
So a while back I found this horse fabric on sale for $1-$2 a yard. I'm always on the lookout for some good fabric for boys -- I know most charities get lots of pretty girl quilt, and fewer boy quilts -- especially for older boys. So I bought enough to back a good size quilt.
The pattern I chose is "Joyous Picnic" and it is a free pattern from AFG. And the colors I chose were browns/blacks/rust to match the horse fabric. Here is the picture I sent to my Bee group -- sample blocks and horse fabric.
So a while back I found this horse fabric on sale for $1-$2 a yard. I'm always on the lookout for some good fabric for boys -- I know most charities get lots of pretty girl quilt, and fewer boy quilts -- especially for older boys. So I bought enough to back a good size quilt.
The pattern I chose is "Joyous Picnic" and it is a free pattern from AFG. And the colors I chose were browns/blacks/rust to match the horse fabric. Here is the picture I sent to my Bee group -- sample blocks and horse fabric.
I really enjoy receiving the blocks in the mail. My group was really generous -- many of them sending more than two. So I had enough for the front of the quilt, plus a section for the back.
For the quilting I had the idea to do some horse-shoe looking loops. Of course I was too lazy to do any marking and just thought I'd be "organic" about it. Well, it wasn't that successful. So I did some, but also did some wavy lines. It'll keep the quilt together, anyway! I hope!
I am linking up to the Finish-a-long Link Up party at She Can Quilt.
A great charity quilt. I am in do.goog.Stitches also and am always on the lookout for good block designs, and how clever of you to reverse engineer your quilt. Congrats on another finish!
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