Hobby Lobby has carried this for years and it took me longer to figure out what to do with it than it did to actually make it:
A few years back I decided a simple strip quilt might possibly work and I made one for a new arrival on the neighboring ranch. There was still enough fabric left for one more quilt:
So I pulled coordinating fabrics from my stash and made some square in a square blocks, alternating those with the cowboy print:
After a run through the washer and dryer, it's 38 x 40. A bit smaller than I like to make baby quilts, but I doubt the baby will mind. See, even Chappo seems to know that quilts have nap inducing qualities::
Jackie quilted a fun swirl across it, and I used the last of the main fabric for the back, finishing it off with a denim print I had:
Just about the size of a saddle blanket:
This was in another stack of quilts I have to bind:
Now if I could only find the time to get to them. One down:
Our girl came home from her University trip to North Dakota on Sunday. She brought along one of her favorite college buddies from when she was an undergrad. I went to work on Monday, but I guess he asked her, "What are all of these boxes stacked up around here?"
Her reply, "Fabric. My Mama's a quilter." And then she proceeded to walk to a closet and fling it open as she continued, "But, WAIT....there's MORE!". LOL. My child is a rascal. Now I am fairly certain he thinks her mama is a little left of center field. I'll bet if I made him a quilt, he'd have a change of heart. ;)
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What a fun quilt, Karin. Those little cowboys are adorable. I'm sure I would have been like you and taken longer to think of how to use the print than actually use it. Your daughter had a great sense of humor.
Chappo is a very smart horse. He knows a great quilt when he sees one. I love it. Great job on using up the older fabric. If we were closer, I would bind those quilts for you in no time flat. I love to bind. Congrats on this cute finish. ;^)
Another cute one finished. It seems like I've been gone for awhile. Good to see you and Gary are doing well. How about the pooch?
That is a very cute way to set the fabric. I like that. May have to pin this one, Karin, if that's okay.
Funny story about your daughter and her friend. Are no secrets safe? : )
What an adorable quilt!
Darling quilt Karin! What a fun print that is. And LOL to your dd!! Rascal indeed.
Too, too cute !!!
A niece has a new little buckaroo and she is doing all things dinosaur for him. He may get a cowboy quilt for Christmas since they moved to Oklahoma recently. Love your daughter having a really great sense of humor. I have a quilting daughter and one that gives us lots of respect because she receives quilted things from us!
Enjoy reading your blog. I am from the town where University of North Dakota is located!! survivor972002@midco.net
When I was in the bigger house and a good deal of the stash was upstairs, my sister came over a couple of times with friends of hers and promptly took them upstairs to show them the magnitude of my obsession. After #2, I told her to stop doing that (it WAS kinda embarrassing, for cryin' out loud!). Love the most recent baby quilt--so apropos. ;-)
Yes--if you made a quilt for daughters friend they would change their mind about your fabric
That is a cute idea for using up such cute fabric that you don't want to cut into small pieces. I had some of that cowboy fabric somewhere. Wonder where it might be?? If I find it, I'm definitely going to use your idea for putting it into a baby quilt. Thanks for the inspiration.
Loving your blog Karin. Just found it thru Kevin the Quilters blog. Living in a small village in Scotland I find ranch life fascinating.
Welcome, Leslie! I tried to reply to your comment via email, but you are showing up as a non-reply blogger so I'm hoping you'll see my reply here. Isn't Kevin great? I've never been to Scotland, but I understand it's simply beautiful! Were you born there?
That is so cute!! and I may have some of that fabric too!
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