UFO #20: Hannalee's Flower Quilt

When my little girl was 9 months old I decided to start making her a twin sized quilt.  I knew that I by the time she was old enough to use it, I should have it done.  Well she has been in a twin bed for 2 years now and it is finally done.  But the process was not as simple as I thought.

I found a pattern from a quilt magazine, but I can't now recall the magazine or the name of the quilt.  It had hexagon flowers that were paper pieced.  I was going to make that exact quilt in purples and white.  I made the flowers, which took me two years!  (Not because they were hard, but because the process was tedious and I would get board.)  See the white flowers in the picture blow.

 But by the time I finished all twelve flowers, my quilt tastes had changed.  I still loved the pattern, but it just didn't seem right for my little girl.  The pattern was too delicate, orderly, precise.  To describe my little girl I would use none of these words; she is fun, energetic, colorful, unique, expressive.  So my quilt for her needed to change.  But after making these flowers (which I still loved) I wasn't going to just discard them and start new.  I created a pattern to include them.

I call the name of this quilt pattern "Different is Beautiful".

 I love the owls that everyone is decorating with so I chose to add one to Hannalee's quilt.

I also love Ohio stars and that row is one of my favorites.

 For the back I used my extra fabrics and chose to stick with the row theme from the front.

The binding is also scrappy.

A local lady quilted it for me. Each row is quilted differently. She did a beautiful job!

I gave this quilt to my little girl for her 4th birthday. She loves it! (When I took it off her bed to take it outside for pictures she said, "But it's coming back right?")

Stats:
Twin size
Cotton fabric and batting
For my sweet little girl

Started: April 2009
Finished: July 2012