Woof Woof

(I resisted using that as a title for all of 30 seconds before caving in.)

A work colleague who sits next to me has been brewing a baby who was most definitely going to be needing a quilt. I wanted to use the new line from Laurie Wisbrun - Pooches and Pickups, except I didn't know if it was going to be a boy or a girl. I figured the odds were quite good so I took a punt and set to work on a 'boy' quilt.

I loosely based it on a pattern in Elizabeth Hartman's book which is a snowball block with several rounds. I thought it would be a good way to show off the fun prints.

To stop it getting too matchy matchy, I raided my scrap bin and used random bits of green and brown and black, making sure the prints were quite graphic and 'non-flowery.'

Kona Taupe is the plain fabric used throughout the quilt front

For the back I had some lovely Essex Linen in Putty with some random squares, which if I had been less random and more precise in my placement, would have lined up perfectly on the vertical line.

And my punt paid off, as baby Leon made his entrance into the world last week.

Just need to put a label on and then it is off to its new home.