Quilt (top) for my Father-in-law
 

This is one of the quilts I'm making for Christmas. I haven't backed or bound this one yet but here's how it's looking so far. (Sorry for the angle, this is my "design wall" and also where I do all my basting...very limited spaces here!)

This is from a Hoffman Bali Pops pack - I made a racer quilt first but thought it needed something else. So I chopped it apart on the bias and put together some messy squares. Then I figured some black sashing and borders would do the trick but I wanted some batiks in the border too...but I was out! I went to Joann's and picked out a few to try to match the Bali Pops. The cornerstones and squares in the border are all other misc. batiks - I think I did a pretty good job matching the Bali's!

The quilt is about 72"x72" - I'm calling it a "large throw", lol.
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Wow! That's striking. I'm sure he'll love it!

I'm sure your FIL will treasure it! Nice manly colors too! Love the border with your matching bali pops!

Very nice....good job.... ;-)

very beautiful quilt!!

Beautiful quilt. Makes my Christmas projects look pit-t-ful. Sure that he will love the quilt. BrendaK

yes I nice man's quilt

nice looking quilt for a man, manly colors

Gr8 idea for another way to use the "strip racing" pattern. I have some pastel jelly rolls that would look good made this way. Thanks for the idea:thumbup:

Gorgeous, I'm sure he will love it. I sure do.

Very nice!

Very nice, manly quilt and yes you did a great job matching the Bali's!

Very Handsome!

That's so pretty!

Great job! I personally love the dark colors!!

A super masculine quilt!!! Your FIL will love it so much!

Love it love it love itSuch warm tones reminds me of chocolate

Really nice love the colors !

Oh Wow, love that quilt. great colors too!!!

Love it; The colors are great for a man's quilt!

Are you using a wall to sandwich the quilt layers?

Aye, that's my "basting" wall too - it's pretty much the only hard & flat space of any size in the house unless I want to move furniture and battle hairy animals!! I've tried using the bed but had bad results. The wall isn't perfect either, I tend to get puckers when I'm doing the quilting, which is frustrating, but so far that's my best solution. It works, sort of, "for now"...I'm still doing a lot of learning & experimenting so "sort of works for now" is kind of the theme from start to finish on most of my quilts, LOL!

Very nice--great colors!!

lovely quilt. love the color contrast.

Very nice quilt, love the colors.

Your FIL is going to LOVE it -- that's a very dramatic, 'manly' quilt - love the balance of colors and the deep golds you put in the border really brings out the other colors. Great job!!

That's gorgeous, love the colours. Thank you for sharing.

Very nice... you three borders reallly set every off and set off the center... great job :)

Judy in Phx, AZ

Lovely quilt. I think you did a great job chopping it up and turning it into something different.

I've never tried basting on the wall. . . maybe I'll give it a shot. We live in a small condo and the carpet is really frustrating to baste on. I need to find a better option and spray basting is out due to family members with asthma. I'd probably get more quilts done if basting wasn't so annoying. I have three tops waiting for completion now.

Really love that.

Good job!! He's gonna love it!!!

Yes that is beautfiul and you did a marvelous job

very pretty good job!!!

Love it, great job!

Love your colors. Thanks for sharing. I like to make these blocks when I am not working on something specific.

You call it "large throw" & I call it "gorgeous"! I just love, love, love this quilt! And I'm sure your FIL will, too! Great job!

Yes striking was my first thought too. Just wonderful

Stellar job..... I love it!

it is beautiful!...love the fabric choice and the middle border...great work!

I think you did an excellent job of matching everything up! Great job!!

What a striking quilt. It's perfect for a manly man.