J&Y's Quilt

While I was making Patti's quilt I was inspired to make a quilt out of fabric I had chosen myself and to make those quilts as gifts for Matt's siblings and spouses this year for Christmas.  With ideas in hand at the end of August I went to the quilting store in town with my mom.  I always find it helpful to bring my mom or sister along when all I have are ideas because they help me narrow them down and chose fabrics.

I proceeded to pick out brown, red and tan fabrics for Jared and Yvonne's quilt.  I got 5 darker fabrics and 5 lighter fabrics so I could pair each dark with each light and have 25 blocks.  Then I picked out some sashing fabric (the fabric in between the blocks).  I later ordered the border and back.  The border was perfect because of the colors and because it is coffee beans and J&Y love their coffee.  The back was a double wide fabric so I didn't have to piece the back together and it looks more uniform.

For the quilting I used a red thread on top and a tan thread on the bottom.  I love the effect of the red on the top even though it is very subtle.

Here are some pictures of the quilt...

Whole quilt

Close up

Backing and label