Quilt for Foster Boys

My friend, A, and I pieced a larger than average quilt top together.  As she likes to say, some of the teenagers are rather big boys.  We want to make sure they get a quilt big enough to cover them, which is also nice to look at and cherishable.  My quilt group (guild?) experience has been that most of the quilters are women.  Some of them do have sons and grandsons and sons-in-law, so there are more masculine quilts showing up occasionally.  Many quilters, like myself, just love quilting and do not require someone to give the quilt to as a reason to make one.   I had to pay special attention to the fabrics, so they would not be deemed too feminine.  Some of these fabrics were donated, by Phyllis O., to our quilt group for donation quilts.

This is the "Foster Boy" quilt that A and I created.  We did use one of those three-yard quilt patterns, which was provided by our quilt group.  I doubled it up, so as to make it bigger; big enough to fit a twin size bed at least.  I apologize for the darkness of the photo.  I did not notice til after the quilt was donated.  Too late!  It is a fun quilt, made with some care, and with good fabrics.  It should last a long time.  Click on the photo to enlarge it.