A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.
Robert Frost
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| Playing in the Rain |
After a few rainy days I thought of sharing this cute panel quilt. I quilted it a few years ago and even did the binding, then it hung around (literally on a hanger) waiting for someone to love it. My daughter's college roommate had a bouncing baby boy back in December and this was the quilt my daughter chose to take to the shower. Mom and baby love it.
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| Quilting Close Up |
Here is a close up of the quilting. I sometimes use panels like this to practice my longarm quilting. The easy thing to do when working with this type of panel is to add borders to it. This gives a nice frame to the project and takes away the 'it's just a preprinted panel' look. It also makes it bigger, some panels are a little too skimpy to really wrap up a baby in. After practicing a new panto or free motion quilting I have a nice size quilt for a gift or charity.
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| Back View |
I had a nice piece of plaid that worked well for the back. The yellow binding pulled out the color of the raincoat. The red border was a tiny gingham micro check that I only had slivers left of when I got it on.
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| Bright Rainbow |
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| Great Colors! |
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| Where's the Pot of Gold? |
A few months ago this rainbow was outside my front door. It was so big I could not get a full shot of it. It was one of the most intensely colored rainbows I have ever seen. I'm not sure it's visible in the pictures but the whole color spectrum could be seen clearly. Rainbows - they always bring a reminder of a promise and a smile.
That is a really cute quilt.
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