Poolside

With a trip to California coming up,

I wanted to make a couple of quilts for my family.

This one I'm calling Poolside because 

of the beautiful pool at my brother's house.

Even though the temperature was in the 100's, 

I do believe they will need a quilt at some point. 

Doesn't everyone?

I was inspired by this quilt of Natalie's.  

Isn't it gorgeous??!!

I needed to make mine a little quicker and still have a decent size. 

I used 4 1/2" strips of 15 different fabrics.  

Most are from Amy Butler's line of Daisy Chain.  

The white fabric was cut in 3 1/2" strips. I think I had 13 strips of white.  I just sewed all the print strips together (I cut each one in half) in one big long strip and did the same with the white.  I cut the center, starting rectangle, 4 1/2 " x 10 1/2".  Then just went around and around like a log cabin.   

The overall size ended up around 60" x 67".  

I opted for some Anna Maria Horner Folksy Flannel 

(which I'm kind of addicted to)

  

for the back.  

I'm so happy with the finished product! 

 

I'm going to see if I can scrounge up some more of these fabrics and make one for me. 

If I only had a pool to go with it. 

*sigh*