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Silas

9/1/2014

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A little while ago I was approached to make a baby quilt for a friend who was expecting her first Grandbaby, Silas.  The Parents-to-be wanted a blue/orange colour scheme, but weren't too particular on the design.  

We selected the adorable Riley Blake's One for the Boys and found that the fabric was perfect for the colour scheme.  The majority of the fabrics in this line were pretty subdued.  There was one orange fabric that seemed to pop out.  

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During a staff meeting at my day job (I promise I really was paying attention), I sketched out some ideas that would make the orange fabric pop.  The idea was to have the orange fabric "bounce" throughout the quilt.
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Makes sense right?
After a little bit of playing, this was the final design.  
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Photo: Holly Young
The top was quilted with a navy blue straight line quilting and a soft taupe minky was used on the back.
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Doesn't that backing just make you want to cuddle with the quilt?
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Orange Cowboys & Drawing Hope

3/17/2014

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Update:  Minutes after this was posted the quilt sold.  How awesome is that?  You can still donate to help Sal become a pirate!  Click here to do so!
If you have been following my blog for sometime now, or know me personally, you will know that I am pretty passionate about The Drawing Hope Project.  If you're not familiar with this project, in a nutshell, my longtime friend, Shawn Van Daele takes drawings created by children with health conditions and turns them into magical photographs starring the children and sometimes, their family or even their pets!  All of these photographs are being compiled into a storybook in hopes that these children's stories will bring hope to millions of other families who need it.  

The project began in 2012 and has gradually gained momentum.  In the past week, The Drawing Hope project has been featured by many media outlets such as The Huffington Post & The Daily Mail, just to name a few!  Words cannot describe how exciting it is that this project is being introduced to the world!!

Currently Shawn is fundraising to travel to Texas to work on a photo shoot with Baby Sal & his family.  Sal is currently battling a brain tumor and Sal's Father is awaiting a kidney transplant.  A photo shoot with The Drawing Hope Project would be priceless to their family! To learn more about Sal's story, you can click here.

And of course, I want to help in the best way I know how. A quilt!  I have one quilt for sale in my online shop.  I will donate 100% of the sale of this quilt to "Let's Make Sal a Pirate".  It is entitled "Orange Cowboy".  

A while back I fell in love with an orange fabric that has a vintage cowboy print and since then I have referred to it as the "Orange Cowboy Quilt".  It is a one-of-a-kind quilt, and there is only one for sale.

If you are interested in helping "Make Sal a Pirate" but are not interested in purchasing the quilt, you can help by donating any amount by clicking here.  
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