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Wednesday, September 29, 2021

A Puuurrrfectly Friendly Lion

 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!