This quilt was made for the sister and cousin of three previous recipients, She is an excellent lacrosse player, so good in fact that she earned a full scholarship to play at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Instead of using a solid piece or pieces of fabric for the backing, we used a green for the middle fabric and appliqued both her high school cardinal mascot and college buffalo mascot as opposing teams.
I then used more of the buffalo fabric that was used for the sashing and borders above the field and red cardinals below.
When the recipient was a little girl, she and her dad were members of the Indian Princess YMCA program, My sister and dad were also in the Indian Princess program way back in the 1970s. I don't remember my sister's Princess name but my dad was Bumbling Bear.
In any case I rearranged all the patches from the vest to fit them in the 14.5 " square block. Luckily all the patches had only been glued onto the vest. It was a tight squeeze but it was doable.
I was able to keep the zipper intact for this block. I love retaining the architectural elements of garments such as hoodies, pockets, buttons. and zippers.
The recipient's paternal grandmother's father was a US Congressman from Iowa who served in the House in the 1950s and 60s, making this t shirt very vintage.
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