Back in June I volunteered as a Girls Camp Director for a five day camping trip with 21 teenage girls from my church. It was a fun, crazy, hormone-filled adventure with plenty of amazing moments.
Each year we have a theme and this year it was centered around medical professionals. A Red Cross flag was hung at the main gathering area as one of the ways to reinforce the theme. Our fearless leader planned the entire week to be full of great activities including archery, hiking, crafts and skits for over 150 young women. She is an adored leader who shares her spunky, caring, contagious personality and her heart with us. For all of her efforts, I decided to make her a quilt!
I used a combination of reds from my stash, including some of my beloved Happy Go Lucky to create the red cross and then used a basket-weave pattern of creamy low volume prints for the background - I love how this turned out! The border is a muddled red from my LQS with the binding from Bonnie & Camille's Marmalade collection.
I again went with the champagne bubbles for the quilting with a parchment colored thread. Quilting by my local quilt shop, Cutting Edge Quilts.
My favorite part is all of the reds and how they play off each other. By far, fabrics are my favorite part of quilting. What's your favorite part of quilting?
What a cool, and gorgeous, quilt! I'm sure your fearless leader is going to LOVE it! You did an awesome job picking the fabrics!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favorites. I especially like that you used a variety of neutrals for the background for the red cross. I also love the back side pop of red. What a generous gift!
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