Quilt #39 :: AJ's Happy Pinwheels

Is there anything more cheerful than pinwheels and polka dots? I made this quilt for my cousin's little guy when he was going through a rough season. While I live too far away to give him a hug, I hoped that a quilt would give him tangible evidence of the love so many have for him.

I'm especially excited to share this quilt because it is the last throwback quilt post. I am now done sharing my quilts from 2014.  Unfortunately, I really dropped the ball in 2015 and have another year of quilts to share! Uff da!

For the front, I chose varied polka dot prints, even the background. For the back, I used a bird print because AJ loves birds and can recognize the birds around his house by their songs.

The border isn't really a polka dot pattern, more of a hollow polka dot pattern. For the binding, I used strips of all the pinwheel polka dot prints.

This label is one of my favorites. This is the only time I've bordered the label with fabric from the front. I need to do that more.

The best part of going back and writing about these older quilts is seeing my little guy being so little!

I believe this was the last year before we bought our fancy artificial tree.

My Christmas present that year was seeing this picture of AJ sleeping under his quilt. 

Linked to:

Thursday
Needle & Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation

Friday
Finished or Not Friday @ Busy Hands Quilts
Off the Wall Friday @ Nina Marie
Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Saturday
Show Off Saturday @ Sew Can She
UFO Busting @ Tish in Wonderland

Sunday
Oh Scrap! @ Quilting is More Fun than Housework

Wednesday
Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts
Midweek Makers @ Quilt Fabrication
Wednesday Wait Loss @ The Inquiring Quilter
WIP Linky @ Silly Mama Quilts
WIPs on Wednesday @ Esther's Blog

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