sea and sky | a quilt for Silas

When an old college friend of mine commissioned me to make a quilt for her son when he graduated from a toddler to a twin bed I was simultaneously excited and nervous. I loved her ideas for the quilt but I'm always nervous about executing a project for someone else. Kristin sent me photos of the wall decor and rug in the room and sent screenshots from my blog and pinterest boards to show me the style of quilt she had in mind. We texted back and forth a lot as a I chose fabric and worked on the layout. We ended up deciding on a two sided quilt because we liked too many fabrics to rule any out! Both sides are pretty simple. My favorite side of the rectangle strips. I loved using special fabrics to feature little details like the candles, whales, and smiley suns. 

The reverse side (which Kristin prefers) is supposed to look vaguely like a mountain with the sky overhead and sea below. I created an ombre look with the blues to give it a deep ocean vibe and used a white constellation print for the sky. I quilted it with lots of random straight lines to keep the quilt soft and finished it off with scrappy binding using fabric I trimmed from the top. I brought it to the Jamestown Library for a little photo shoot the day before Kristin picked it up. My friend Ari and her daughter Sage were the perfect quilt holders - I love Sage's little gloved hand peeking out from the side of the quilt!