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GwynR 02-27-2011 08:40 PM

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My 17yr old son decided he wanted a rag quilt and it had to be "manly" colors. We teased him that manly could be about anything and he needed to be more specific or he was getting hot pink. He is a fisherman so we decided to put fish on it. We picked up a FQ of the raccoon fabric because it was so cute and reminded us of the raccoon stealing a huge salmon fillet right out of the cooler one night. The pebbles in the corners are left from another project. After all the teasing about hot pink we just had to put the label on hot pink! He loves it. I forgot the date on the label, and sewed it on upside down. It, of course, did not shrink like the flannel did. My son laughed and said that I should make one mistake on every quilt and this one can be the label. I figured that's 3 mistakes on the label so it needs to be redone.

Sean with quilt, you can see upside down label at bottom!
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Jill 02-27-2011 08:45 PM

I have two sons and I've made several quilts for each one of them, but I'm very careful that the fabric doesn't have any flowers or hot pink on it. So far they have liked all of them, but it is always so tempting to "hide" a flower or hot pink in the quilt somewhere.

Cyn 02-27-2011 08:55 PM

Very nice!

BETTY62 02-27-2011 08:57 PM

Nice quilt. Very manly.

quilting cat 02-27-2011 09:05 PM

No such thing as an "upside down" label! As long as it is on the back, who cares!

kim_s 02-27-2011 09:58 PM

Great quilt! Looks very manly to me!

Maia B 02-27-2011 10:02 PM

Great job, mama, very sweet! My older boy loves pink, tho. All boy, but he sews, likes stuffed animals, and doesn't care what others think.

Ramona Byrd 02-27-2011 10:47 PM

My six foot five Army Master Sgt son-in-law wears a pink shirt his daughter, my GD gave him. He said that a real man wore any darned color he wanted to. (As long as the Army didn't get to know about it.)

cheryl rearick 02-27-2011 10:50 PM

those are some of my favorite colors. Nice quilt and love the pick name tag lol :) Nice job

carolaug 02-27-2011 11:31 PM

I love it...like how you did the back too..I bet he loves it!

SueDor 02-28-2011 02:47 AM

Very nice!

Calzo 02-28-2011 06:29 AM

Love the label. Way to sneak some feminine colors into a manly quilt.

mtspools 02-28-2011 07:08 AM

I have 4 sons and the one says mom I'll take any quilt you don't like or makes mistakes on. Love your manly quilt.

drivingsusan 02-28-2011 07:23 AM

Great quilt!!!!!

Jim's Gem 02-28-2011 12:49 PM

Very nice quilt!

karenm36 02-28-2011 12:52 PM

So Cool! And I LOVE the label!!! I'm making a manly quilt for my almost 21 year old son for his BD. Going to have to remember the pink label...I think that's great!

GwynR 02-28-2011 05:40 PM

Thanks everyone :D This son has a great sense of humor and is not afraid of a touch of hot pink!


Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
My six foot five Army Master Sgt son-in-law wears a pink shirt his daughter, my GD gave him. He said that a real man wore any darned color he wanted to. (As long as the Army didn't get to know about it.)

hehehe, you made me picture my old MSG who was probably a good 6'6'' and 3 feet wide in a hot pink shirt! He was all tough and gruff (but pretty nice when you got to know him). lol, still laughing.....

dunster 02-28-2011 05:47 PM

Very nice, and very manly.

quiltingsavta 02-28-2011 05:51 PM

It's not upside down if you are looking at from the other end. I love all the fish fabric. Great job.


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