I finished a quilt for a new little pal, Peter Arthur, who was born just a few weeks ago. He belongs to my good friends Alison and Tommy. They live in Maryland, so I haven’t had an opportunity to meet him yet, but I wanted to send him a little something to welcome him to the world!
I couldn’t help but make another zig-zag quilt especially since Alison is into chevrons. And because Alison and I share a deep love for Halloween, I decided to make a dark and stormy Halloween-style quilt with some greys, purples, aquas, and smoky teals to compliment some of the print fabrics I chose from the Tula Nightshade and Ghastlies lines. 
Here are some close-ups of some of the prints:
I backed the quilt with ash Kona cotton and made a strip in the middle out of some leftover pieces I trimmed off of the quilt top and some solid strips. This was just an experiment at first to see if I could make use of scraps, but I was really happy with how it turned out and wanted to incorporate it into the backing!
I was so happy to wrap this quilt up and send it on its way today. I hope I have the opportunity to meet Mr. Peter very soon!
And a quick garden update…check out this purple carrot!
And these delicious golden beets from the garden that I ate for dinner the other night!
Summer is good.
I hope Peter likes Halloween as much as you and Alison. I’m sure he will after getting such a cute quilt. I’m jealous of your ability to grow golden beets!
Pretty sure Peter will love Halloween just by virtue of the fact that he shares Alison’s genetic material.
And they were quite small, but still very delicious. Let’s see how the fall/winter crop turns out!
As usual, the quilt is stunning! I think I’ve seen several of those fabrics before. Love your green thumb.