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| Nicholas’ Cars and Trucks Quilt, 70″ x 96″, Kaufman fabrics, Kona cotton, polyester quilt batting |
We found the Kaufman “Vroom Vehicle” fabric online and decided to build the quilt design around the cute striped fabric that’s the centerpiece of the “Vroom” collection. The banded quilt layout worked great to show off the 8″ wide stripes of the vehicle fabric. I set off the pre-printed strips with patchwork bands of 2-1/4″ (finished size) squares pieced together randomly.
My mom (great-grandma Saundra) and I did the piecing, then I set to work quilting it. The machine quilting was kept simple, with just enough stitching to hold everything together nicely.
At the last minute, we decided to add a pillow sham to match the quilt. So cute!
Nicholas had watched the progress of the quilt as we worked on it, and he was so excited when the day finally came that it was finished. We wrapped him up in it with just his head peeking out, then he pulled it closer, nestling into it, all warm and snuggly and happy. But not for long! Within seconds, he hopped down and ran to get some Matchbox cars to play with on it…then a few trucks…more cars….and maybe an airplane or two… Do you think he’ll ever actually sleep under it? 🙂
I hope this quilt gets played on, dragged around, danced upon, cried with, snuggled under, and loved to pieces. And I hope Nicholas will always know just how much his mommy, grandma, and great-grandma love him.
3 Comments
What a beautiful quilt and beautiful family! Tell everyone I said "HEY" and I hope yall have a wonderful holiday season!
Hi Camille! My mom was here today, so I passed along your greetings to her. Happy holidays to you, too.
WOW!nice to see.Its very beautiful.I think its made by car lover and specially designed for the car lover like me.I love it.I wish that i have a house in which all things are like vehicles.Nice work done on this blog.