Whew… Just in under the wire. I finally finished up my Paint Chip Quilt a few minutes ago, and I will be entering it into the 2014 Blogger’s Quilt Festival at Amy’s Creative Side!
I designed this quilt for a very sick little boy named Cody. It has words of strength and survival hand embroidered on it, and it has a minky back with soft Quilter’s Dream batting. It’s small, 50 inches by 28 inches. If nothing else, it sure is cozy. I hope it will be a comfort to Cody.
I quilted it with some straight[ish] lines on my long-arm (I couldn’t for the life of me force that minky and batting through my domestic!)
I designed this quilt myself, and it’s my very first time doing that. A long time ago, I saw these paint chip place mats by Emily at Crazy Old Lady Quilts. 
But I couldn’t find the fabric she used anymore, and after scouring the internet, I couldn’t find a pattern for a paint chip quilt that looked like the one in my head.
So what’s a quilter to do?
Make her own pattern, of course!
So I pulled my Kona Cotton jelly rolls in Sunset and in White off the shelves. And I came up with a plan. The construction would have to be completely different than Emily’s; and instead of embroidering names for the paint chip colors on the blocks, I would embroider words that describe Cody, and the wishes I have for him for healing, growth and happiness.
Fight… Believe…. Live…. Laugh…. Survive… Grow…. these are the words that I embroidered. These are the wishes I have for him.
I hope you like it.
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HI!!!! Beautiful quilt!!!! I wish all these for him also!!!!
That is pretty amazing lady. What a special gift if comfort and hope. Love you girl. Really beautiful in every way.
Such a pretty quilt. The paint chip design is very neat. I’m sure Cody will love it – a big quilt hug.
This is absolutely beautiful, and what perfect sentiments. I recently spearheaded the creation of a prayer quilt for a dear family who lost their husband/dad (who was also my son Max’s godfather). It was such an unexpected, way too early loss, and I had no words. All I knew was that I wanted the girls and their mom to feel wrapped in love and prayers during the most difficult time of their lives. Quilts are powerful like that. What a wonderful gift for Cody, and I wish all of those wishes for him, too. <3
What a very thoughtful and inspiring quilt! I love the placemats too that were an inspiration.
Lovely pattern and quilt.
That is such a cute idea. Love it, it’s just great! I spy some FWQB up on the design board 🙂
What a beautiful quilt. I love the soft colors and the embroidered words, such a wonderful gift!
Wow – I love this quilt! It’s so creative!
This is a gorgeous quilt! I’ve only just started following your blog after finding you through Instagram, so I haven’t seen it before. I love colour graduation.