Blue & Brown quilt for my cousin Doug...

My BIG FINISH this year... a double sided king side quilt for my cousin Doug! This pattern is called Baubles & Beads and it's by Snow Day Designs (published by QuiltWoman.com). I bought it in Pine River, MN last August during our stay at my cousin's resort - Four Seasons Resort. Here's the top:

Yes, it's 104 inches square and my two adult kids are on the 2nd floor holding it over the railing at our entryway for me to get a nearly full size shot... The darker brown and blue are two fabrics I also bought in Pine River. I bought all of the yardage they had...and then I read the pattern when I got home and realized, I needed double the amount. The next few months, I tried to find the same two fabrics to make the quilt...but was unable to find any of the fabric anywhere. I shopped my local shops and bought other fabrics that seemed like the would match and then I made sample blocks. My cousin came to visit in March of this year and I showed him all of the sample blocks...and we hated it all... Finally I found the lighter blue and lighter brown/dark gold fabric. The four of them together looked great and I was happy to continue on with the piecing. 

Close up of the quilting on the front of the quilt...the two complimentary fabrics...

The two original fabrics on the bottom...

So I then have all of these different blue, green, and brown fabrics... I have another pattern  called Costa Maya that I also bought in August and it was supposed to be the front...but in fall colors. I hadn't bought any fabrics for it except for a fat quarter to use as the color inspiration... Anyway, while my cousin was also here, I went to a local quilt shop and bought some locally created patterns for another cousin...and of those he liked and we could use as the backing with all of the other fabrics I had purchased. Here's the back with the other blue, green, and brown fabrics in a pattern called Intertwined by Absolutely Positively Quilt Designs from the Memory Lane Quilt Shop.

 

 Here's a close up of some of the fabrics and quilting from the back...

 Super close up of the quilting... We used a variegated brown thread and a design that looked like waves...

I'm happy to report that the quilt is now in it's new home and my cousin says he loves it. YEAH!!!! Now to get to work on the next one...