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Friday, October 25, 2013

Blogger's Quilt Festival - Hot Dog



Hot Dog






I posted this quilt last week, but here now in its entirety is its story. One of my closest friends was having a first grandchild at the end of September. I knew I wanted to make her a quilt for the grandson to be. I had asked her about colour schemes without letting her know why. I had decided on a quilt with blues, oranges greens and had a pattern picked out. Then at the end of June, I went to the library to pick up a quilting book I had on hold.




I had was intrigued by the owl on the front cover as my daughter really loves owls. I was perusing the book, when I found the cutest dog baby quilt. My friend loves, loves dog and I knew this would be perfect for her. Luckily I had all of the fabric for it in my stash, including the background which I had bought as a backing in a quilt kit and didn't like. I was so excited that I started working on it right away.


Meandering Quilting




I had it sent out to be quilted. When I went to pick it up, my daughter mentioned that the meandering looked like the shape of dog bones. When I looked closer I could see those bone shapes. I gave the quilt to my friend this week and she was very appreciative and told me how beautiful it is. To me that is the best part about quilting.


I am joining the Blogger's Quilt Festival. My quilt is in the baby quilt category! Amy does such an amazing job with the festival. I am always in awe of the quilts I see. 



Blogger's Quilt Festival - AmysCreativeSide.com


12 comments:

CitricSugar said...

Teeheehee - I love this one! So happy to see it in the festival - it deserves more attention. ;-)

Patti said...

What a fun and clever quilt! Love it!

Polly @ Pieces by Polly said...

Love this one! Simple and yet totally different. Great job!

Rebecka said...

Your quilt is SOOO CUTE!!! I love it.

Jennie said...

Your quilt is great!

pennydog said...

I think this is my favourite in the baby category, what a great design

Dar said...

A very cute and clever quilt. I am an owl collector too, maybe I need to go looking for this book at my library.

quiltedfabricart said...

This drew me in right away - I have a friend having a baby who loves her dachshund and this would be perfect

Toni Macomb said...

I love this quilt! I work with Oregon Dachshund Rescue, in Portland Oregon. I had seen this book/pattern but now, seeing yours, I'm going to start it today!

PersimonDreams said...

This is FANTASTIC! You got my vote for Favorite Baby Quilt! Nice job!

SeeLifeMarvels said...

So, so cute! Voted for this one. Good luck. PS. Now I have to find that book. Our library doesn't have any "newer" quilting books.

carolaj3 said...

I too liked the owl quilt on the front of the book. My daughter's best friend requested and owl quilt. So I got the book from the library and reduced it to crib size. It was not my favorite project, but it was a big success for the mother. The little boy is now 4 and loves the quilt - which is why we work so hard to make a good quilt.