The Pony Quilt

I don't know about where you are in the world, but it's darned cold here right now in Chicago

The month of December has been a little crazy, what with the holidays and all of the munchkin events at schools - it's been fun! But, it also means that I haven't been all that busy making things - except for this quilt and a one other project, I haven't had a chance (except for mending the knees of pants, fixing tears in shirt seams, sewing stuffies back shut (Rudolph comes to mind) that is...)

Rudolph had successful neck surgery tonight and is recuperating nicely. #momjob #rudolphtherednosedreindeer #aurifil #aurifilartisan

A post shared by Erin Davis (@sewathomemummy) on Dec 3, 2017 at 6:50pm PST

This quilt is a special gift for my step-mom and dad. Let's just say they have a few horses, and when they were visiting last my step-mum asked if I could make them a cozy lap quilt much like this one which I had backed in minky. No problem - you came to the right kid.

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She chose a super sweet Birch Organics horse print from their "Tall Tales" line*:

This fabric is so nice to work with. It has such a soft hand to it.

I paired it with a Bella Ivory background and a series of Kona solids I had in my stash, and designed a Rolling Stone block layout with fussy cut centers -


The gorgeous quilting was done by Melissa @ Sew Shabby - it's an all over edge-to-edge computerized.


...but the pièce de résistance - the minky backing - YUM! That is a Shannon Cuddle Dot in Cream* which I picked up on Amazon* for a good price -


And, what's sexier than a quilt with a black binding? Gosh, I love black bindings! Makes the quilt look like it's stored forever in a picture frame 😍. I used Kona Jet Black*. I also made sure to include my label and a cute Fat Quarter Shop With Love label.

There it is! And a new quilt post wouldn't be complete without a picture of the dog trying it out - don't worry, Grandma and Grandpa won't mind at all -


Happy Holidays to everyone, and Merry Christmas Dad & S! 💗