Originally uploaded by laluandmatt
and the cars, and choo choos, and lego (or playmobile) people, and, well, anything he can imagine. He picked out the blue dot fabric and I picked out the Amy Butler fabrics and we debated over black or brown roads for a good long while… and it’s finally starting to come together.
Of course, this entire project was heavily inspired by Wee Wonderful’s delightful blog and her son’s amazing race car quilt. Which was all abuzz the blogging community oh, let’s see, more than a year ago? I’ve basically spent the last 11 months trying to talk my little guy into something less complicated. He would have none of it, and I’ve actually come to enjoy those curvy seams (without pinning!). There is another way to puzzle these patches together to make a bunch of (very graphic looking) dots, which I love (click on the flickr picture above to see this option). If you can, I suggest making these on a rainy day. So enjoyable seeing all these colors come together when the skies are grey outside.
