Many moons ago, I made my 21st quilt, a maple leaf baby quilt for a Canadian friend.
At the time, I was nervous about making the stem of the maple leaf. As it turned out, they were pretty simple. So I wouldn't forget how to make one, I made another maple leaf, in Dutch colors for a quilt I wanted to make for some other Canadian friends, the Vriends.
For this quilt, I wanted to use both Canadian and Dutch flag colors. The Vriends are long time friends of Niels, who became my friends after Niels and I started dating. Joel was the best man at our wedding.
The Vriends share our Dutch ancestry and have the super appropriate Dutch last name that translates to friends.
This block, along with left over fabric from Niels' citizenship quilt sat in a bin until this spring when their family of five made plans to visit us in July. Nothing like an impending visit to push a quilt to the top of my to do queue!
I didn't have a final design in mind when I made the initial block, and, as often happens, I made things up as I went along. I realized that if I swapped the blue and red, I could mimic the Canadian flag with the outside blocks.
For the back, I modified the Dutch flag using prints with Dutch tulips, rowhouses, and bikes. Of course, D had to sleep with the quilt to make sure it was filled with our love.
When the Vriends arrived, their quilt was waiting for them on their bed.
The quilt made a great excuse to get a family picture.
Linked to:
BOMs Away @ What a Hoot
Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts & Doll Quilts
Finished or Not Friday @ Buy Hands Quilts
Linky Tuesday @ Free Motion by the River
Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts
Midweek Makers @ Quilt Fabrication
Monday Making @ Love Laugh Quilt
Moving It Forward @ Em's Scrap Bag
Needle & Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation
Off the Wall Friday @ Nina Marie
Oh Scrap! @ Quilting is More Fun than Housework
Show Off Saturday @ Sew Can She
To Do Tuesday @ Stitch All the Things
Tuesday Linky Party @ Clever Chameleon
UFO Busting @ Tish's Wonderland
Wednesday Wait Loss @ The Inquiring Quilter
What I Made Monday @ Pretty Piney
Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
WIP Linky Party @ Silly Mama Quilts
BOMs Away @ What a Hoot
Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts & Doll Quilts
Finished or Not Friday @ Buy Hands Quilts
Linky Tuesday @ Free Motion by the River
Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts
Midweek Makers @ Quilt Fabrication
Monday Making @ Love Laugh Quilt
Moving It Forward @ Em's Scrap Bag
Needle & Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation
Off the Wall Friday @ Nina Marie
Oh Scrap! @ Quilting is More Fun than Housework
Show Off Saturday @ Sew Can She
To Do Tuesday @ Stitch All the Things
Tuesday Linky Party @ Clever Chameleon
UFO Busting @ Tish's Wonderland
Wednesday Wait Loss @ The Inquiring Quilter
What I Made Monday @ Pretty Piney
Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
WIP Linky Party @ Silly Mama Quilts
Love your version of the maple leaf! Of course, any quilt in red, white, and blue is beautiful to me!!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your posts. Love your family photo. Priceless!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt for a lovely family! Love how you captured the look of the flag as well. Great idea! Thanks for sharing on Wednesday Wait Loss.
ReplyDeleteLove that quilt! I'm Canadian, and my parents were Dutch. Especially love the Delft Tiles fabric..
ReplyDeleteYou created a very pretty and thoughtful quilt that I'm sure will be treasured for decades to come! Lovely quilt label!
ReplyDeleteYou created a beautiful quilt for such special friends. I bet they were over the moon happy and surprised to find it on the bed when they arrived. Congrats on your finish!!
ReplyDeleteAhhhh the push of a deadline! This quilt turned out great - I bet they loved it. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful gift! I love the back of the quilt and your quilting is fantastic!
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