This is a quilt made for an avid footie fan/former player. Playing for travel teams in childhood, Langley Saxons in high school, culminating as a Christopher Newport University Captain, he amassed a tremendous amount of tournament patches as well as shirts.
I was thrilled to obtain the soccer field fabric designed by Robert Kaufmann as I knew it would be a great way to highlight some of the patches. Many years ago, Robert Kaufmann came out with basketball court, hockey rink, American football gridiron, and soccer pitch designs. Like most fabric manufacturers, RK had a limited print run on designs. Once ithey're gone. they're gone, :( However, one of my favorite fabric stores that tends to carry older fabric was my saving grace yet again and they had this design in stock.
The left side of the field has light blue and grey patches representing the CNU Captains and the right side are the green and gold of Langley High School. The remaining patches were sewn on the various t shirt blocks.
The recipient picked up the quilt with his daughter and son. He asked them where it should be put in the house obviously thinking the family room but the children simultanrously laid claim to the quilt shouting "my room!"
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