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    Old 02-17-2018, 07:57 AM
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    Default Quilt for boy at Boy's Ranch

    Our guild has sort of adopted a local Boy's Ranch, with boys from 12-18 years old. The boys get to take the quilts with them when they leave. There are 15 new arrivals at the ranch, and we are working on getting 15 boys-type quilts ready to deliver. I am not fond of making twin sized quilts, but it is for a good cause. Here is the top I just finished.

    Two pictures, because, as it turns out, the sports fabric I selected sort of looks like leopard spots from a distance...oh well, I like it and I hope a teenage boy will. The back will be the football fabric, so it will sort of be reversible. I wish I had selected a different pattern to show off the fabrics better, but I didn't. It looks a lot different than I visualized. (The pattern is sort of a crazy quilt pattern...I have no name or real pattern of it that I can share. It is from a workshop I took years and years ago.)

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    Old 02-17-2018, 07:59 AM
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    any boy would love it! Great collection of sports fabric. Great cause. Bless you for your service.
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    Old 02-17-2018, 09:03 AM
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    Some young man will be crazy about it. I know my son would have when he was playing high school football.
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    Old 02-17-2018, 09:11 AM
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    That is very cool!!! There will be envy in the ranks for the boy who gets to take that home. Awesome quilt!
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    Old 02-17-2018, 09:36 AM
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    Perfect for a boy -- great colors, great prints, and great piecing design!
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    Old 02-17-2018, 09:41 AM
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    It's a great top for a young man! Sports fabrics and eye catching design!
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    Old 02-17-2018, 09:43 AM
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    I like the pattern, it would make good use of scraps (of which our quilting groups has many) for charity quilts. Do you use templates ?
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    Old 02-17-2018, 09:46 AM
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    looks great
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    Old 02-17-2018, 09:51 AM
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    oh wow, it took me a minute to see the sports theme. great quilt. we toured a boys ranch years ago and I went away wanting to Will them all my money. if i had any!
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    Old 02-17-2018, 09:54 AM
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    Very nice. It does look like leopard spots from a distance but up close you can see it's not and whatever lucky young man gets it will be looking at it up close.
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