Originally Posted by CanoePam

Thanks for the nice comments. I wish I had taken a closeup picture of the fabrics. The brown is a moose print and the blue has trees and water, both in a watercolor style, muted and gorgeous. The red center square is a slightly striated fabric that reminds me of the red rocks of southern Utah, one of our favorite places. I think this quilt is an example that "manly" quilts are more a manner of appropriate selection of fabrics than the quilt pattern itself.