09 October 2009

Quilt Festival

Here is my quilt for the quilt festival. This is the second quilt I made and the first one to get professionally quilted. I made this for my sons 13th birthday, just over 1 year ago. The main fabric is a batik with lizards. My son loved dinosaurs from the age of 4 and wanted to be a paleontologist. As he got older his interests widened to reptiles. Last summer he did a 3 week college course on Reptiles and Amphibians of Missouri. This quilt is a Terry Atkinson design called Tic Tac MO. As we are Australians living in Missouri for 3 years it is the perfect quilt design.

I just realised this is the third quilt I made if I count my little Australian wall hanging. Oops

25 comments:

  1. One of my favorites. I made this quilt for my son-in-law in red, white and blue with baseball fabric several years ago. Your looks great!

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  2. um...I would like to know where you found the sun??? It is still raining here....

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  3. I really like this. I have two boys and know it can be hard to sew for them sometimes as opposed to my girls. This is so nice!

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  4. I'm impressed. My first quilts were super simple.

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  5. Cool quilt - love the lizard batiks...

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  6. this is a great quilt...you were made to do this. Thanks for sharing!

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  7. The quilt is great. I love Batiks myself. I like your blog name, very cool.

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  8. It is truly a boys quilt. You did a great job on it. He will enjoy it for a long time.

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  9. I adore the lizards! I'm a gecko fiend myself so that is wonderful.

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  10. very nice quilt, made even better by the significance of the pattern and fabrics. what a delight!

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  11. I have never seen lizardy batiks before. Please do share your shopping grounds! Its a fun quilt with that fabric.

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  12. beautiful colors, i'll bet your son just loves it!

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  13. Very cool quilt. I love batiks. Thanks for sharing.

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  14. This is one he'll be able to use for years, not too "young" with the colors you chose,,,great entry!

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  15. Your son's quilt turned out very well. I like this classic look of the blocks and I bet he loves the fabric! It's a winner for all!

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  16. Great quilt...love the colors and the crisp graphic look!

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  17. Very stunning! What a thoughtful and beautiful gift for you to give your son. Great job!

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  18. Very lovely quilt.


    Jocelyn
    http://happycottagequilter.blogspot.com/

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  19. Beautiful quilt. I hope your son enjoys it for many years to come.

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  20. What a fun quilt. Aren't Terry Atkinson patterns just the best? I love her clear directions. This pattern showcases the lizard fabric so well. Well done!

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  21. Terrific boys quilt and a great job!

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