{"product_id":"billy-s-quilt","title":"Billy's Quilt","description":"Double-sided quilt.  Front is Harry Potter themed.  Back is all about Billy.  Uses appliqué and QAYG techniques.\u003cp\u003eFront of the quilt - Harry Potter side - started with the Hogwarts School crest from a continental quilt (dona\/duvet) cover.  Borders are in house colours, each with their house crest (from a set of house banners).  The house names are appliquéd with two layers of fabric for each to make the outlines.  I photopied and enlarged the house names from the banners.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe corners are simple 4-patch blocks in the house colours.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBack of the quilt is all about my grandson, Billy.  I divided the centre space in four quadrants.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e1. Reader quadrant is a bookshelf with favorite books from baby years through to present (9 years old, when the quilt was made and given).  I printed the picture book covers and some of the chapter book covers on purchased printer prepared fabric on an ink-jet printer.  I used my embroidery machine for the titles on the series of chapter books.  I added a St. Kilda football club motif (Billy's Australian Rules football team).  Largely this segment used hot colours.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e2. Writer quadrant is in aqua shades, with an appliquéd pencil and idea bubbles using batiks.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e3. Musician quadrant is in green and yellow batiks, and uses guitar appliqués designed by Robbie Joy Eklow.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e4. Final quadrant is for Whatever Billy wants to be, using blue and purple batiks.  This quadrant has appliquéd question marks.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe side borders explain the quadrants - 'Reader' appliquéd in red\/orange batiks, 'Musician' in yellow\/green batiks, 'Writer' in aqua batiks and 'Whatever you want to be' in blue and purple batiks.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe top and bottom borders have Billy's full name and nick-name, again appliquéd in a rainbow of batiks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMaker:\u003c\/strong\u003e LynDuhig \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eQuilter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lyn Duhig \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eYear Made:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023 \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOwned By:\u003c\/strong\u003e Billy Duhig \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 36 x 48 inches \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eShows \u0026amp; Museums:\u003c\/strong\u003e NA \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAwards:\u003c\/strong\u003e NA \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LynDuhig","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54046416830739,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0918\/4575\/5155\/files\/28243-billy-s-quilt-16-1706319491_27bd76e5-e367-4f0c-b329-62947e1e2007.jpg?v=1776144516","url":"https:\/\/gallery.thequiltshow.com\/products\/billy-s-quilt","provider":"The Quilt Show Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}