Yes, the quilts do seem to come in pairs lately.
Flying Horse Farms is a camp “where children with serious illnesses live without limits”. A friend started making quilts to donate to them, so several of us have joined in. Here are the two I have made most recently.
Quilt for a Boy is 58″ x 72″, made from batiks using a modification of the classic Turning Twenty Again pattern. I’ve made that pattern numerous times and every one has turned out great. The camp especially needs quilts for older boys, and I thought this would fit.
Fun fact: this quilt incorporates a cotton handkerchief I found on the trail during a hike years ago!
And the back is an end-of-bolt batik I bought years ago as well.
Mod Owls, 62″ x 75″, was made because I bought these cute plaid fabrics and needed something cute to do with them. My blogging friend Elizabeth sometimes refers to being caught in the “dungeon of cute”, and I guess I was.
The pattern is “Mod Owls” from Sew Kind of Wonderful and uses both sizes of their original rulers. I still really dislike making curves without seam allowances, but I just had to do this quilt and was too lazy to design new templates, so here it is.
And look at this owl panto Linda used!
The backing was donated by a friend and I found some plaid for the binding!
I think it will be a cute quilt for some kid at camp.
Both quilts were quilted by Linda Nichols.
Zippy Quilts 
They are both lovely, and I’m sure will be appreciated
Thanks. Of course the owls are more fun, but the boy one was fast and easy 😀
You’re right about that pattern being a good one for ‘boys’ without having to resort to stereotypical thematic material (pun intended!). I do like that pattern – hmm. Will look it up. I remember you mentioning it before.
As for that trail hankie – wow, what a great idea to save it for such a use as in this quilt.
The pattern is well worth having. I’ll bet you can order it direct from the designer when you get ready. Be sure to send me a picture!
Checked it out…will let you know ‘whenever’ anything gets attempted!
🙂
Such different but equally beautiful quilts. And made with such kindness. I am sure they will be cherished
Thank you!
Glad you were captured by cure; love the owls. The batiks turned out good too.
So funny because usually I’m not a fan of cute. Have to make some exceptions, though!
Sounds like a wonderful organization to make/donate quilts! Those quilts are wonderful too!
Thanks