Junior Varsity Quilt

I was trying to decide on a quilt for my little boy's room.  As I was browsing through the Pottery Barn Kids Catalog (which I do quite frequently) I found the Junior Varsity Bedroom and fell in love.



 However, love does not always equal attainability and I knew there was no way I would ever be able to shell out that much money for a quilt.  Therefore, I had to recreate it.  I had never made a quilt before, so it was quite a daunting task I had ahead of me.  I had my mom help me decide what size it needed to be and then I set out to find all of the different types of fabric I would need.  This is a lot easier said than done.  I would have thought that with Plaid being all the rage it would have been a breeze to find different colors and types.  Boy, was I wrong.  After shopping online for what seemed like months, I finally found all of the patterns I was looking for.

Now the hard part.  Cutting it out and putting it all together! I am not going to lie and say it was easy.  It was NOT! It also took me FOREVER.  Luckily, we hadn't moved him into his new room yet, so I had some time to get it done.  Also, I can't even begin to tell you the pride I feel when I look at his cute custom quilt.  I hope someday he appreciates it as much as I think he should!

The great thing about making it myself is that I got to personalize it a bit.  On one of the squares I did the numbers 668 which are the dates of his Birthday June 6, 2008.  I also did his initials JJC.  The number 89 was my brothers football number at the time, so I put that on there as well.

 

I really really really love it.  The only trouble is, now I have to make one for his little brother and I just don't know if I am up to it!