Cowboy Baby Quilt
 

My cousin is married to a bareback rodeo rider. They just had their first son and I had the joy of making their new baby a quilt. I steered clear of the normal baby boy tones and incorporated a horse applique. I was a bit nervous about that because I wanted to use the minke from the back of the quilt in the applique to make it fuzzy and soft. Not only did it work better than I imagined, but I also used the minke to applique his name, Cayuse. His mama and daddy loved it, non-traditional colors and all.

What a unique & precious baby quilt. Looks like Cayuse loves it too.

Wow! Wonderful!

Such a unique quilt for a little cowboy. Both precious.

I looked it up in the 60 pound dictionary. It's a tribe in Washington State, now gathered somewhere (eyes are bad) in Oregon, or an Indian pony. We always used it to mean a wild horse and we put an adjective in front of it: nasty cayuse, unbreakable cayuse, etc. Worst one we ever had was named Hemi. That's short for hemmrrohoids. He'd unload you on any pile of nail filled lumber he could find.

I hope that little boy grows up healthy.

That's funny! I had to read up on it too. The dad/bareback bronco rider preferred to think of the cayuse as a lively spirited Indian pony. I've also heard that rodeo riders tend to name their children with unusual names. Well, here we go!

beautiful...

Wonderful baby quilt...I’m sure he’s going to get many years of cuddle time with his quilt.

I love non-traditional colors for kids...this one is cute and appropriate ! (Tiny little cutie there in the middle.)