It's back to school time and that means school buses. I found a pattern by Pam Rocco that appeared in Quilter's Newsletter Magazine in 2013. So, I made some cars and trucks and even two school buses for my then little grandsons (they were 1 and 3; now 9 and 11)
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Pam Rocco's patterns from a past issue of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine
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I was going to make a quilt like Pam's and then realized that I didn't have the energy to put an entire quilt together. Plus, I wanted something for both boys to share. Why not over sized postcard versions of these cars, trucks and buses? Well, why not!!
You can see Pam's quilt - and get the free pattern at the Wayback Machine archived pages of QNM. You better hurry - these can be taken down at any time. It's called
City Traffic.
My daughter Audrey suggested I add family photos to the "windows", so I did for some of them.
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Blue car with Tia Audrey and Miles ("tia" is "aunt" in Spanish) |
One of my first blocks:
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Simple blue car, quilted in simple echo lines |
Here is Grandpa in the window of the green 1985 Dodge Ram pickup.
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Turn your head around, grandpa! You need to watch the road! |
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Little green car. Don't you love that orange tailpipe? |
Can Miles really sit in Grandpa's lap like that?
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Big, green semi with Miles and Grandpa in the driver's seat (I think that's against the law, right?) |
Miles' parents in the front of their orange eco-car
I paper pieced the cars and trucks, added batting, quilted in simple echo lines. Then, to save myself a lot of time, I used a specialty rotary cutter blade to "pink" the edges. Easy and quick. Love it.
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Light blue fabric with cars (Benartex) for the back |
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Dark blue fabric with little cars |
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Big orange semi |
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Wow! Look at these crazy people in the front seat! |
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Tio Dani and Tia Audrey in front window; Aunt Pookie and Grandma in middle window; Great Grandparents in the back |
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The first bus I made. |
You can have the free pattern for Pam's quilt by visiting Quilter's Newsletter archived patterns:
City Traffic.
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