A Quilt For Danny - Pieces Of The Santa Fe Trail Quilt Finish

Pieces of the Santa Fe Trail quilt

Jenni's new father-in-law Danny is on the right

In March our daughter and her now-husband John took a trip to Abilene to meet his Dad. John ended up surprising Jenni with a JP wedding (read about it here), and her new father-in-law, Danny, was their witness. On that trip, Jenni had a quilt with her that I had made for her to donate to John's former church which they attended on Sunday, and when Danny saw the quilt he said "I'd sure like to have a quilt too!" Jenni and Danny instantly bonded, and she asked me if I would mind starting a lap quilt for him. Of course I would love to! I chose fabrics and a pattern and began to cut a few pieces. But for some reason the fabrics and the pattern did not feel right, so it all got shuffled aside as I worked on other projects.

The recent When Pigs Fly Challenge (see all the projects right here) gave me an opportunity to look at UFOs and I found this flimsy and decided it would work perfectly for Danny! This flimsy was finished in January 2022 for Melva's Pieces of the Santa Fe Trail SAL.  I was first attracted to her SAL after reading Wendy's post in May 2021 and ultimately joined the SAL in September. You can read about the flimsy finish here. 

The flimsy was not large enough for a lap-sized quilt, so I added a

couple of borders using the same fabrics I used in some of the blocks.

The backing was pieced from some of my vintage stash plus a panel from the "Elizabeth's Dowry" line by Marcus Fabrics (originally intended for a quilt I never made) that coordinates with the front fabrics.

I did a meander with Longmire and bound it with the same green check as the border.

I hope to post a photo of Danny and his quilt after John and Jenni visit him again.

Jack carefully inspected every seam

Quilt Details

Pattern: Melva's Pieces of the Santa Fe Trail blocks

Finished size: 59" x 73"

Laundered size: 57" x 70"

Fabrics:

Front: Several fabrics from Elizabeth's Dowry

Back: Panel and fabrics from Elizabeth's Dowry; vintage fabric from stash

Binding: Green Plaid from Elizabeth's Dowry

Threads:

Piecing: Superior Threads So Fine #50 in 502 Genoa Gray

Quilting: Top - Glide 10WG1 in Linen; Back - Superior Threads Magnifico in Ingot

Batting: Quilters' Dream Cotton Mid Loft

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