Headed South for the Winter

No, not me. Sadly.  Staying up in the chilly Northeast.

But this quilt is headed to El Salvador, which sounds absolutely delightful right about now.

A good friend of mine had me make this one as a gift for a family friend who lives in El Salvador.  I actually had it finished over a week ago, but was waiting for word on the new baby’s arrival so I could put the initials on the back.  I had a bit of fun using the Odyssea line from Moda.

Thanks to all for suggestions on how to quilt it. I went with Angela’s plan to do diagonal lines.  The blue border was a suggestion from, of all people, my husband. And I love it! It’s Kona Cotton in Cadet, sort of a lighter navy blue.

The double hourglass blocks, as I mentioned before, are from the tutorial at Cluck Cluck Sew.  You must try it if you haven’t.  Not hard, and awesome results!  This one started with 2″ strips.  The whole quilt was about 30×36 before washing.

As an aside, I am NOT a fan of taking pictures of quilts indoors! Hard to get a good angle, hard to get back far enough with my fixed 50mm lens, hard to get the colors to come out right. Blech! Stupid winter… think I can stowaway with my friend and this quilt?