Shortly after I started quilting, I decided to start a tradition of giving each of the three “boys” (they will always be boys to me) a queen-sized quilt for their 30th birthday. Dave was first in 2003:
Then Tony in 2005:
And now Rob’s birthday is coming up in April 2009. For Rob’s I thought I would try my hand at designing my own pattern, using Electric Quilt, which I purchased from Judy Laquidara this fall.
September 29, 2008, Judy L. had an inspirational pep-talk type of post encouraging her readers to Follow Your Dreams. It made me really stop and think what it was I wanted to do with quilting that I wasn’t already doing. It was to learn to use the Electric Quilt software, and then to design my own quilt, so it would really feel like my own work when it was completed.
I did this design in October, and maybe that’s where the color scheme came from (autumn). I found a same/similar star block in Electric Quilt to one of the blocks Judy L. is using in her Star BOM (Block of the Month) that I’m participating in. It’s the star with the checkerboard center. I love this block. Thank you so much, Judy, for all your inspriration. Here’s what I came up with:
I got Rob’s approval on the above pattern and color scheme when he was home for Thanksgiving. Today I was in a local quilt shop, hoping to find fabric that would be a pretty close match to the EQ fabrics I used in the sample. I’m really pleased with what I found — Robert Kaufmann Fusions. (I don’t have the light gold background fabric yet.)
Are these fabrics spot-on or what??? They really have the richness that I wanted without being “girly” at all. Yummy! Today was a very good day.
Sue
Beautiful! Look how similar it is to the one I posted on my blog this morning. It definitely looks like something a guy should be pleased with. We’ll want to see it after it’s finished!
This really is similar to the one Judy posted today:
http://www.patchworktimes.com/2008/12/22/unidentified-blocks/
It’s fun to see Judy’s and I can get an idea of how Rob’s would look done up “scrappy”. Thank you for the nice comment, Judy. And that’s exactly what I was shooting for — a “guy” quilt!
That is going to be a beautiful quilt! I love the color palette.
wow, that’s beautiful!!! you’ve created a fabulous quilt.
so glad that you found a great set of fabrics to do it up in.
This is going to be very pretty! (In a guy kind of way)
I love playing with quilt designs in EQ. I don’t consider what I do all that original since the quilts are all traditional but I like drawing up my own layouts, deciding block and quilt sizes….EQ is a very valuable part of my quilting.
I like my quilt the best. And no, I do not have a sheet for a curtain any more!!