A Creation Coming to Life

A few months ago, my mother-in-law Ann came to me with an idea. She wanted to make a jungle quilt for Gavin's toddler bed and that would match the colors of his room. She asked that I come up with a pattern for the quilt. I thought it was great idea and agreed. I like being creative when I get the chance, especially since it's so hard to find the time these days. And let's be honest... by coming up with the pattern I get exactly what I want.

Recently, Ann finished the top. She is part of a quilt group, and she took the top along with her to show her quilting friends. They all liked it so much they were wanting their own patterns and were telling Ann we should market our idea. So Ann and I have decided to give it a try. I've been redrawing the patterns to make them printable, and Ann is going to write up the directions since she did the quilting. She is also working on the handing quilting right now, so in a week and a half we can put the quilt in a local quilt show at a craft store and try to sell some patterns! Here is a picture of the quilt so far. We'll eventually choose one picture to put in the bag with the pattern.

If you are a quilter and would be interested in a pattern of this quilt let me know. Or if you don't quilt, but know a quilter feel free to pass on info to them or direct them my way! Thanks!

We are also probably going to need to come up some kind of name or identity to sell this pattern (and maybe more in the future!) under... any brilliant ideas? I need to start brainstorming.