Deer in the Headlights quilt

 

Deer in the Headlights Quilt

Today's post is a more recent quilt.  I made this quilt as a Christmas gift this past year for my brother-in-law who loves to hunt.  As soon as I saw this quilt in the book Dare to Be Square Quilting, I knew I had to make it for him. 

The quilt is made up of a variety of blue and brown strips, pieced together in squares.  I bought a Fons and Porter design wall specifically for this project, so I could place the different color strips up on the wall before sewing each square.  I highly recommend using this.  While you can easily use a flannel backed tablecloth to get the same result, I like the F&P design wall because it has a grid that shows through as well as grommets to hold it on wall with some cheap plastic hooks.  I had some leftover blue strips, so I sewed them together to make the binding around the quilt.

I think my favorite part of the quilt is actually the backing.  I found a fabric that looks like tall grass the deer might be hiding in.  Cheesy, I know, but it's something fun and crazy, just like my brother-in-law. :)

Backing fabric (sideways, sorry)