Cycles of Life

I made my little buddy, Sebastian, a quilt when he was born in 2016.  The quilt evidently was lost with his parents moving so many times during the first four years of his life. When he comes to visit me every week he always grabs one of my quilts to cuddle with, make tents, wear as superhero capes and for an occasional picnic blanket.  I decided I needed to make him a new quilt.

Being a four year old he loves his bike and rides it every opportunity he gets.  So when I came across leftover Maywood Studio's "Cycles of Life" fabric in my stash I knew he'd be thrilled with these bicycle motifs for his new quilt.  I have made two previous quilts for young boys with this fabric group so I had leftovers.  Using my leftover stash, and luckily I found a jellyroll I was able to purchase, I proceeded to make his new quilt.  Maywood Studios offered a free pattern for this fabric line which I decided that I would sort of use.  I used the pattern for the construction of the blocks, but I used my own layout, fabric selection and of course made it bigger.  The quilt is big enough for Sebastian to use for years to come - 58" by 72".

Sebastian was thrilled when I told him I was making him a quilt.  He asked if he could help me sew it.  I decided the safest way would be to construct the blocks and let him help me decide how to arrange them.   After we laid it out, I took a picture so I could remember the layout.  We gathered the blocks into a pile and I told him that I would sew the blocks together.  He was so excited that everyone who came to my house that day he'd grab those blocks and show them the quilt that I was making just for him.

Well a week has gone by and I have the quilt ready to give him.

Boy is this little guy happy.  He dragged it around with him all day.  When his mom came to pick him up he was excited to show her his new quilt and made it very clear that this was his quilt and he wasn't sharing it.  Making this quilt for Sebastian was so much fun.  I don't usually get to see how much one of my quilts is loved.  This quilt will be loved!

As I was gathering up the leftover fabric (shown below) I realized that I have quite a bit still leftover for my stash.  All together there is over five yards of fabric.  I will find an opportunity to make another quilt using this fabric in the future.

In the meantime, back to the sewing machine - I have another quilt I will be sharing with you.