Leah fleece backed

Leah was given a quilting book for Christmas that showed a few ideas of how to adapt classic quilt patterns with a fresh look. We thought this one was a good match for her skill level and a really handy size/style. The front is a pretty simple "around the world" pattern, but with a few little twists as some of the squares are broken down into four smaller squares and rotated to make a secondary pattern. Then, instead of using batting and backing, the pattern has you just use a piece of fleece - makes it cuddly, but not too heavy, and means that the quilting doesn't have to be too close together because there's only the two layers to hold. She and I had a great time picking out the fabrics, and really liked the fleece, which totally tied it all together!

The binding was a fun ah-ha as it used a rather garish, but perfectly suited to this quilt, fabric that had been Matt's grandmother's that we inherited with the house!

Leah got to take this one to the Dakota County Fair with 4H.