a quilt for my daddy

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I'm so happy to be able to finally show you my most recent finished quilt. I have been saving this post for the Blogger's Quilt Festival and am so excited to link it up!

Although I have been working on this quilt for quite some time now, this quilt was fun to do and really one of the easier ones I have done.  I made this quilt for my Dad as a late Christmas and early Father's Day gift.

I chose this verse for my quilt as a testimony to my Dad and our family. The most important thing to my Dad is his relationship with Jesus. No, I have never asked him what's most important. I just know. It's because of the life choices he makes, and the way he lives. Isn't that the way it's supposed to be? My dad is a Godly influence as a father and the leader of his house. My dad, by far, has had the biggest influence on me and my own life decisions. He is the person (aside from Jesus, of course) I try to model myself after, especially as a parent. If you can't tell, I love my dad. I have truly been blessed with the best!

Joshua 24:15 Quilt Front {design- my own}

Joshua 24:15 Quilt Back

Ok. Now for the specifics. This quilt is pieced and appliqued. I drew my own letters so that each letter would be the same size, making the math and geometry part of the design much easier to figure out. Each letter is cut from a large rectangle of pieced strips and is raw edge appliqued with a zigzag stitch to it's own light tan background square. The squares were then pieced together. I added in a pieced "house", tree and arrow in light cream for some extra interest and to fill in the empty spaces.

The back is a solid tree bark fabric. I chose to to a meandering random pattern for the quilting. It gives the back a little of a 3-D effect all while not taking away from the front. I really like the way this turned out and I hope you enjoy it as well!