My sister-in-law Lisa asked me to make a quilt for her husband's cousin's new grandson.
Originally, the new parents wanted a panda quilt. And they wanted it to be "stroller size". ??? Never heard of that. Sounds like the size of a large placemat.
And they were very specific on the colors: subtle earth tones: white, ivory, wood, sage & eucalyptus green, grey, beige, oat, taupe; nothing bright.
I came up with a couple of options for patterns and Lisa and I went back and forth, trying to find the right pattern and the right colors. Those colors don't really work with a panda (although they do love eucalyptus!).
We had these pretty well nailed down and then the parents-to-be switched from a panda to a lion! I've done quilts that have had a lion included with other animals, but never one with just a single, large lion. So it had to look like a lion, but not be the scary kind. Oh yeah....they then asked for "crib size". Whew!!!!
More research on the pattern and fabrics and we eventually found just the right combination:
I free-motion quilted the mane, tail, and feet with brown-variegated thread. The rest was ditch quilted using blue, yellow, and beige as appropriate.
Subtle colors? Check.
Crib size? Check.
Friendly and cuddly lion? Absolutely!
