Special Quilt for dear hubby

This is a quilt that took me a year to make. It was a gift for my husband who is a Scout Master for a local Boy Scout troop. A couple years ago, a friend and I made quilts for two of the leaders of the troop. This quilt was done in mainly brown, tan and red because they are colors of the Boy Scouts and i wanted to keep it to colors that would suit my husband.

I took a picture of the local mountains and recreated the gist of the picture with curved piecing technique; mountains, treeline, meadow and then set it on point.

I appliqued a flying eagle cut from a panel to represent the accomplishment of Eagle Scout, which is the culmination of the scouting journey.

I appliqued the tents in the meadow to signify camping. My husbands troop camped often.

The inner border is an  arrow border representing the bow & arrow. A popular event at our scouting camps.

The second border is paper pieced mariners compasses to represent the compass, which the scouts learn how to use. They focus on using map and compass along many of their hiking trips.

The third border is a graded color border, which was a new technique to me and the math to accomplish it was interesting.

On the back of the quilt I put a large compass design with N, S, E, W appliqued letters. The center circle is the Boy Scout Motto printed on fabric.

I quilted the quilt on my HandiQuilter Sweet 16 all freehand, with original designs including my own fleur de lis design/template.

We presented the quilts to the Scout Leaders at their yearly week long camp out in appreciation for the men's service to the young boys in our community. These men put in many hours with the weekly scout meetings, leaders meetings, monthly troop meetings, weekly campouts, special events, ceremonies, etc. My husband's troop has had a wonderful group of boys who have grown into great young men.

I'm very proud of my husband and his dedication to the young boys in our community.