Lyvonn loves fun, vibrant colors, but you wouldn’t guess that from this quilt. Over the last few months, Lyvonn was making quilts for her sons’s homes. I’ve already shown you the Irish Chain she quilted herself during a rental on our APQS longarm machines. While in town for her rental, she also dropped off this sawtooth star for me to quilt.
Lyvonn’s son is a sailor for the US Navy, so when choosing the fabrics for this quilt she looked for fabrics with nautical themes. If it had been up to Lyvonn she might have added a few more colors, but her daughter-in-law prefers more neutral tones for her home. She paired this quilt with a creamy hand dyed 108″ width fabric for her backing.
For the quilting Lyvonn wanted a design that matched the nautical theme without being cheesy. I have a few designs that remind me of water and waves, and Lyvonn fell for the Turbulance pantograph. After quilting, it even looks like the wind and waves are blowing through the landscape of this quilt.
This quilt may not fit Lyvonn’s personal tastes, but she can’t deny it looks great!
I’m Angela- Co-host of the Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting PBS show. APQS Long arm Dealer and Educator. Triplet Momma.Designer. Thread Bimbo.
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Very Sweet !! Our oldest Grandchild is 22 now and is in her 6th week at Great Lakes Naval Training…just got a note from her Mom saying she is determined to graduate but Hating being yelled at all the time….(ugh but that come with basic training) and would we write her and maybe the little grandys could draw her something….so I said I could draw her a pretty Quilt pattern!!….haha…..so! how perfect to read about this Quilt made for a Navy Son today!!…..Anchor’s Away!!….and may all our Troops stay SAFE!!…….Karen
Also…I longarm like crazy so I love you here and when you are on Fons and Porters….your kids should be in college this year?….you are awesome!!
Also I am making my 3rd heirloom for our kids….this one is Dear Jane….yep…..almost half way….so I have used all kinds of fabs from my hubs grandmonther’s 1800’s fabs and early 1900;s to all the wonderful bright new choices along with 1800 Reproductions and Vintage….so I added a bit of an area of Nautical for Alyssa….since she is also in Pain during basic and I am in “no pain no Jane” here!!….thought you would get a kick out of that!!……Chin up!!!