My DS has wanted a pirate quilt for years. I finally got it made for graduation. It is more of a skull & crossbone quilt because a lot of the fabrics that I had collected are now too childish. He helped me pick out the fabrics, but has not seen the finished quilt. He will get it on Thursday before graduation at a family party. Just had to include a picture of him and his beautiful prom date.

awesome, thanks for sharing, love the quilt!

Wonderful!!! My kids had Pirate as the mascot at their H.S. too. They would have loved this!

Nice quilt. Your son and his date for the prom looked wonderful!

Great quilt, and wow that is an intricate quilting pattern, way to go.

Love that quilt!! And your son is such a cutie!!! My boys always loved pirate stuff. Even now my youngest told me he just read a supposedly true story about Captain Kidd called "The Pirate Hunter"- he raved about it!!
Nice job, Mom!!!!!!!! :D

very cool!!!

Your DS's Pirate quilt is awesome!! :thumbup: I know he is going to be so thrilled when you present it to him!! :D You have done a wonderful job making it. Thank you for sharing!!
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Very nice. Looks like a great guy quilt!!!

Thanks for your kind comments. DS is twelve years younger than DD and has grown up around my quilts. He has always loved every new quilt and has been my biggest supporter. We even made a quilt together for the child catagory in our Quilt Guild Show years ago. We both have a love for turtles, so it has turtle fabric as a main focus. It is still one of my favorites and I use it all the time.

What a wonderful quilt :!:
Beautiful couple :!:

Awesome Quilt! Beautiful couple.

Amazing quilt, and your son is a doll! Sounds as if you and he have a close relationship, and that is wonderful!!

Your son and his date look so nice. The quilt is great.

Arr! Looks good.

The pirate quilt for your DS is awesome! He's a handsome young man! I can see why you're so proud of him!

I put this quilt top together at a retreat in April and the ladies would pass by my table and say Arrrrrrg.

I love your quilt. And the quilting design is perfect. Great fabrics. Great job. Wonderful pic of your son and his girlfriend. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for all your kind comments. This board is like having your own cheering section in your home.

Very nice. :thumbup:

Love the pirate. Great quilt

Thats really cool!

The quilting pattern is from sweetdreamsquiltstudio.com. The Celtic Quilter at Quiltworks in Cypress can download these designs and program them into her LAQ. When you need a new quilting idea, this website is awesome.

Well, We made it thru Graduation Ceremony (1200 grads) and DS got his pirate quilt. He loved it. It went on his bed and hasn't come off. He even made his bed the first day, but that didn't last long. :roll:

WOW! What a fabulous quilt - and a handsome son! Good luck to him in the future!

Great work! Tell us about the skull - did you paint it? And I love your DS's date's dress too.

I purchase the skull iron on at the IQA in Houston. The website is www.stensource.com/creativeiron. If it doesn't come up, do a search for The Creative Iron. The skull and crossbone is under "for the boys" on the left. It is laser cut and ready to iron on. My LAQ was amazed at how well the applique was on the fabric. She has had trouble with other customer quilts in the past. The appliques are 100% cotton.

My grandsons would love your quilt. Very nice.

I'm taking this quilt for Show & Tell at Quilt Guild tonight. 100-150 quilters, the pressure is on. :shock:

You have nothing to worry about your quilt is so awesome. I hope you do not mind but I saved a picture of it for my computer desktop. My 14 year old grandson will just fall in love with it.

Great quilt! He is going to cherish it. I love your quilt pattern; I'd never seen anything like that, very original. That prom date picture is priceless.

Pam,
I consider it a compliment. Thank You.

Arrrrg,
Helen

wow.

I second that!!! Nice work! Handsome young man, er, pirate, too!