Originally Posted by ginnie6
since dd is at horse camp all summer I came up with a brilliant idea. I'm going to make her a horse quilt! I'm not sure if I'll do applique horses (probably) or find a panel. I saw some beautiful horse fabric in the Hancocks of Paducah catalog though and it even looks like where she is. But for the border or sashing I'm thinking French Braid. I've not done that before though so how hard is it? Like I said I'm still just playing with the idea in my head...haven't set down to draw anything out yet. If I do the applique horse though I can put on the names of some of her favorite horses and I can use fabric I already have instead of buying any so that idea is way out front right now.
Great idea!! she will love it. I like your design idea too. I just started a horse themed quilt for myself. I have had horses all my life but I can't ride any more but I still have my horses. I am making a quilt and on some of the blocks I am machine embroidering a horse in the center. Then on 8 of the blocks I am embroidering the names of my horses I have had thru out my life. I am really excited about making this quilt. I will have to take a photo of the one block I have finished. I have been embroidering some of the horses the past few days. Tomorrow will work on adding the rest of the blocks together. The blocks are 12 inches with some flying geese and half square triangles around the 6 inch block with the embroidery on it. I found some beautiful fabric with horses running thru the snow in real pretty shades of blues, white and black with the brown horses. I am looking forward to how your quilt is coming along when ya get started. I will send some photos of my blocks tomorrow.