a quilt for Louie

Our friends Jess and Chad were about to welcome their second child and I still hadn't figured out what to make for him. I asked Jess to send some inspo and she told me the room was travel themed. Not much to go on. Luckily, she's not picky and tells me all the time how much she loves every quilt I've ever made so I wasn't worried. I chose a bunch of fabrics, pulling the colors from the Cotton + Steel arrow print, and matched them in pairs. Then I sewed strips and chopped them up and sewed them back together. It was like a big puzzle to make it all fit together, and I ended up making some extra strips at the end because, as usual, the top turned out smaller than I thought it would. I backed it in stars and gingham, quilted a random straight line grid, and made a scrappy binding. I have to admit that I wasn't loving this quilt at first and it took me  a while to feel like it was going to turn out okay. I had actually started making it for a different baby months ago but it felt wrong for him to so I stopped working on it. Once I decided to reimagine it for Jess's baby I was excited about the project and now I'm really happy with how it came out. And the best part is Jess loves it! She even brought it along to their family photos.