50 Quilts from 50 States - Texas

 

Continuing the 50 Quilts from 50 States journey - we head south to Texas. And I designed a BIG quilt for a BIG state.

I have made several trips to Texas to visit friends, camp on Padre Island, in the hill country, and at Big Bend National Park, go to the Houston quilt festival, attend quilt workshops, and have a personal quilt retreat near Galvaston. Its a huge state with so much variety of landscapes and lifestyles.

I thought I wanted to do a row quilt with all the symbols that are quintessentially Texas - cowboy hats, boots, bluebonnets, horses, stars, and the like. I saw all these things and more on my trips.

So starts the designing. Most of the motifs lent themselves to foundation paper piecing, but others were better done in applique. I could envision an on-point squares border.

Quilted by Brenda at Chris's Corner quilt shop in Ottawa.

This pattern would make a terrific block (row) of the month quilt and is a great skill builder because of the various techniques used. 

If you like this quilt, or any of the particular motifs, it is available on my Etsy shop - either as a paper copy or a downloadable pdf.  

Curious about Texas? Take a trip, or make My Favorite Texas Things Quilt.