John Elway (Denver at their Best)

Time for another customer quilt after a wonderful time of personal sewing!

I mentioned this quilt two posts ago when I presented Lime Green and Modern.  This quilt is for the same owner:  she is making a quilt for each of her grandchildren for Christmas!  What a grandma!  I initially named this quilt "John Elway" but after further thought, perhaps "Denver at their Best" is a better name.  The "owner to be" is a Bronco Fan.  This is a wonderfully unique quilt made entirely of flannel:  both front and back.

So what to do in in the center huge negative space that is time efficient and yet workable for a young boy?  

Have you ever watched a coach or broadcaster draw out line plays?  Of course not!  When football is on, you are quilting!  Well, the quilting is a more modern movement of lines with a  circle at each direction change.  It kind of looks like a game play diagram.  Thrown in a few times is a modern border about 2" wide to break up the design and keep it from becoming monotonous.  I also thought it would give a slight look of a field goal area.

In the border beyond the center I started in the triangle area with a similar design but mimicked the shape of the triangle.  The orange zig zag is quilted with straight lines 1/4" from each side and with one line in the middle.  

The blue border between the zig zag is quilted with a loop design and the edge of the quilt is a copy of the center motif.

The back sparks a gorgeous bright orange and looks super with all the quilting.

The weather is bright and sunny and warm here still so I was able to still get a few outside photos.  Hope you enjoyed taking a peek at "Denver at their Best".

Join me as I check out http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com today and have a great weekend!