so about 5 years ago, i made this lion king quilt for a dear friend of mine’s first born.
baby number 2 came along in 2018, and he was destine to have a quilt of the same caliber, because why not commit myself to another chaotic thing? i decided to do the winnie the pooh characters, as tigger was another favorite of my dear friend over all the years. plus, it was gender neutral when i started the planning process
well, the baby was born, but the quilt wasn’t done…
it took until last july to get it all together, but no regrets!
both quilts have the same layout, background on the blocks, sashing AND binding.
thank goodness she planned to stop at 2, because i’ve run out of the fabrics to make a completely coordinated third
tigger is easily also my favorite of the crew, and the block i saved to embroider last to make sure my rusty embroidery skills were up to par to make his stripes perfectly tigger-ish.
i grabbed a few pieces from my stash to help make the back wide enough when i quilted it, since the prior quilt used a fitted sheet as the backing and was larger than the quilt top already.
now that both quilts are done, it is only a matter of time until she ACTUALLY lets the boys use them.
i’m betting on the day they each turn 18…
I hope it brings them a lot of joy. I know nothing about quilting but it does look like a lot of work putting those pieces together
