Our Grandson turned one earlier this month.
I think I scored a touchdown with his birthday quilt:
As I stated here, my goal was to create a birthday quilt for our grandson. His parents are BIG Seattle SeaHawks Fans so my son-in-law was especially awed that I found his team's fabric. LOL!! (I actually found a background fabric called artificial turf grass!)
He noticed that too! I even signed the front like a "sports star" would sign a football!
I had so much fun creating this Sock Monkey Football Quilt for him!!
A few shortcuts used: First, I used premade binding for the white field stripes and machine sewed them on. I used iron-onVarsity Numbers. Applique: I drew the sock monkey and enlarged it by about 150% at the local print shop. I found the football pattern in one of my old teacher bulletin board books and used 3" lettering templates leftover from my scrapbooking days to create the TOUCHDOWN letters. I then hand appliqued them all onto the quilt top. 
It measures a cuddly 38"x 50". It's soft, lime-green, polka-dot, flannel backing, will hopefully make this his favorite "go-to" comfort quilt. Andddd...though I was a little apprehensive about using a pantograph on an appliqued quilt, I couldn't resist quilting it with my Sock Monkey Pantograph and it sewed over the applique with no problem.
Jackson also wanted me to show how I included our
grandson's age and the year on the back:
Well, there ya have it, my pride and joy for the month!
I'm linking up with everyone else at:
(Can't believe I've made my monthly goal every month so far!! Anyone else feeling like that??) A big thanks to Shanna and Melissa for the motivation!!
Also check out my linky page for more fun places to link up and share.
With smiles,
Val:)
Val, It is so amazing! You need to design your own patterns. Your grandson is very lucky to get such a sweet quilt! Awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteA WINNER for sure! Perfection!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome quilt!!
ReplyDeletewhat a fun quilt, just hope he decides to follow the team like Dad!!
ReplyDeleteLooks great Val!
ReplyDeleteWhat a special gift for your grandson!
He can use it for years to come!
Take care,
Joanne
Val, your creative genius never ceases to amaze! The panto you used is perfect and looks fabulous :)
ReplyDeleteLove your specialized birthday quilt! That is really cute, and the quilting looks great on flannel backing. Love sock monkey and all the attention to details. Nicely done! (celiaambrose@hotmail.com)
ReplyDeleteThat is a great quilt for little grandson! I wonder if your son-in-law is going to want a similar one?
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on keeping up with your goals. I'm starting to think maybe I should be making some goals to keep up with.
ReplyDeletewell done. That is such a great quilt.
ReplyDeleteVal! It is amazing. You have so much talent! I bet it will be the quilt he loves to drag along. And he is just too cute!
ReplyDeleteI love the quilt and your photographs! And it is so wonderful that it will be appreciated and loved. I have also met my goal every month. It is so nice having the extra push to finish things.
ReplyDeleteYou did it...you made the cutest sock monkey football quilt EVER!! He'll cherish that quilt forever. It turned out so cute. Congrats on meeting your goals.
ReplyDeleteVery cute idea! I have a sock monkey doll kit to make for my G-daughter. You've inspired me to dig it out and finish! And a sock monkey quilt to go with?!... Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYour adorable grandson is going to grow up loving his Sock Monkey quilt - whenever he can wrestle it away from his Dad, that is. LOL Val, the whole thing is ingenius, from start to finish! I love it!
ReplyDeleteVal, that quilt is just too cute for words! I love it and I'm sure the little guy will too!
ReplyDeleteLove this quilt!! You did an awesome job with it Val.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is fabulous, amazing, so cute. And, the grandson is even cuter! Love the quilting with the sock monkey. We are expecting another baby in April.
ReplyDeleteOh wow that really turned out adorable.
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt with all the funny details and I love your grandson,
ReplyDeleteLove from Amsterdam
Such a fun quilt! You did a fantastic job with every aspect of the design.
ReplyDeleteI bust out laughing ! This is hysterical...probably the cutest quilt ever!
ReplyDeleteSo adorable! It made me happy just reading your post. And go YOU for getting your finish in every month too. I know how challenging that can be.
ReplyDeleteThis is super cute and just looks like so much fun, I'm positive it'll get years of love and enjoyment out of it. Great work!
ReplyDeleteIt's adorable! I had no idea there was such a thing as turf-fabric. How fun. The quilting is so cute too.
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