After seeing some pictures of quilts that I've made, my sister called me up and asked me to make a quilt for her oldest son. It was a no brainer - I would be thrilled to make him a quilt! I sent her some links and suggestions and she decided on the design for the quilt. After going back and forth on a few ideas for the theme of the quilt, she finally decided to just ask her son what he wanted the theme to be. His answer was definitive - he wanted spiders, robots, and spaceship!! Perfect for a little boy! So my sister set off to search Etsy for spider fabric, robot fabric, and spaceship fabric! She did an awesome job and found some REALLY cool fabrics. I have to say, this turned out to be one of the coolest kid quilts I've seen!
For the binding I decided to go with a scrappy binding using the leftover fabrics from the quilt! I normally am not a fan of scappy binding, but after looking a lot, I just couldn't find a fabric that was perfect for the binding. I am so glad I went with the scrappy binding. It gives the perfect finish to the quilt. To quilt, I stitched just inside and outside each square/border!
And by the way, her son LOVES his quilt! Anyone that came to their house got a tour of his room to show them the quilt! I love it!
**UPDATE** June 2013 - I finally got a chance to visit my family in Ohio this summer! We stayed a few nights at my sister's house. The first words out of my nephews mouth when he first saw me was, "Thank you for my blanket. I love it!" So awesome!! I love it!
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| Check out the awesome fabric! Love it! |
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| The back spaceship fabric! |
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| Close up of the quilting around each block. |
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| The scrappy binding was perfect for this quilt! |
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