My niece recently graduated from High School and is headed to College soon. I still can’t believe it! I wanted to give her a graduation gift, so here’s what I came up with.
The BYU Idaho Quilt
Size: 55 X 70
Fabric needed:
3/4 yard of 6 different fabrics
1/2 yard of blue for letter backgrounds
1/2 yard of white for letters
Backing, Binding, and Batting
I started with my letters. I used the patterns from Spell it with Moda. It was a little tricky for me to find all the letters until I learned this trick. Copy this link: http://www.modafabrics.com/b_
I did put one little spacer piece in-between the BYU and the IDAHO. That piece measured 3.5 X 10.5.
I then made all my other rows 10.5 inches to match. 7 rows – each 10 inches finished = 70 inches tall. **I wish I would have taken a little more time to match up my printed fabrics when I pieced the rows.
I used all flannel fabrics for 100% of this quilt. I also used 2 layers of batting to make it a little warmer. The backing is the cute gingham print (that I also used as a row on the front.)
I quilted it myself on my standard machine. I quilted straight lines about 2 inches apart. On the row with the letters, I quilted along the letters. Kind of annoying and it takes longer, but I love how it turned out!
Thanks for sharing your great idea. I just finished one for mr granddaughter. I changed it up a little, but you were the inspiration. I wish I knew how to send a picture with this comment.