The Polkadotamus quilt is a commission quilt for a friend of mine; she doesn’t have kids of her own, but has a plethora of nieces and nephews who have babies, and we both enjoy the thrill of giving something handmade. So it works out that she gives me high level requirements (colors or themes), and I get to whip up something fun that’s going to a good home.
Anywho, the guidance this time was pastels and animals, so I pulled out my copy of Scraps Inc and some 3-1/2″ scrap squares in the right colors and went to town.
With those blocks of big open negative space I had room to fit in some applique animals:
I had a lot of fun with the polka dotted hippo, hence the quilt name, so I repeated him in the corners as a quilting motif:
You can also see a bit of the fern quilting from the setting triangles in that shot. I think they might have been more balanced with the rest of the quilting in a slightly larger scale (and gone quicker to quilt!), but oh well. They are cute at least.
This same friend commissioned me to make another (even smaller) quilt, so once I get that one done I’ll mail both off to her.
Very cute! I think the rhino is feeling left out, though.
So cute! I’m in awe of your talent!
Sooo cute! And for a podcast flashback comment, when my kids won the perfect attendance, or near perfect attendance award, I always considered it MY award, since I was the one that got them to school everyday. They did get sick, but it usually fell on a weekend or break.
Now that is a really cute quilt.
It is so adorable! The quilting is amazing.
What a fun quilt! And how cool that dotted hippo looks in the quilting, I can’t get over it! :)))
What a great quilt! Love how you quilted it as well.