Curious George Quilt

I am so excited about this one! I had a wonderful friend ask if I'd be interested in making a quilt for her son, who's about to graduate from a crib to a big boy bed. My first commissioned quilt! Bursting! His favorite character right now is Curious George, and I was on a mission.

I was surprised how challenging it ended up being finding the right fabric, but it was totally worth it. The Curious George fabrics provided a great color palette for me to work with. I had so much fun finding fabrics to match with the character fabric. 

True to my style, I am not one to follow a pattern. There is a repeat in the quilt, but I pretty much made it up as I went. First I built the blocks around the focal fabric, I created a mirror image of some of the blocks to mix it up a bit, and then I pieced the rows together and added more rows to increase the length.

I suppose when you look at it you can see some of a pattern. It was a lot of fun, though, and I like the modern feel it has. I wanted the quilt to be somewhat reversible, so the backing is all Curious George with some blue to lengthen it a bit.

I went super simple with the quilting, just doing a meander in all the blocks except on the focus fabric. I thought about some more modern FMQ, but in the end I figured a child would enjoy the meander (my son likes to trace it with his finger and pretends there's mazes for his figurines to work thru), and I was worried about time as I figured out what methods would be best.

Finally, I had some leftover fabric and I wanted to use as much as I could for her project, so I made a couple of pillowcases, one of which doubled as a bag for everything to be placed in for shipment and storage for her later on.

Loved doing this quilt! So glad I was given the opportunity, and the challenge of coming up with something. I hope I get to do with again for someone else!