Giraffes on Parade

Check out this Original Design! “Giraffes on Parade” is a quilt made for the daughter of a very good friend of mine. It all started with a small birthday gift for my friend, which was a stuffed giraffe. It was then that the pattern was born and the rest is history.   

This fun quilt features lots of bright and colorful fabric, ribbons, rick rack and free motion quilting.

Each giraffe is made with either a tail and antlers (horns? antennae? what on earth are those things called?) that is quilted on or that is tied with yarn. Please see the detail picture. Every fabric was picked for some reason….either the color or the pattern was important or relevant to my friends or reminded me of them. There is even a giraffe made out of dog bone fabric to represent their lovely lab, Daisy Mae.

I’m told it is still used every day even though said baby is already two and a half. (Goodness, how time flies.) And now I leave you with pictures of the cutest baby to enjoy on this rainy day.

Thank you Diane and Erich (and Nico and Daisy Mae)!