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My youngest son's teacher's son (whew! that is a mouthful!) has stage 4 Hodgkin's disease and is going to be having a bone marrow transplant as soon as his blood levels recover from his most recent round of chemo... I asked her if I could make him a quilt... and she was just thrilled. His one interest was LSU and I put out pleas for help obtaining LSU material - we don't get it here in Alabama... and I had two people come to my rescue... which I am so grateful for. Here is my finished quilt! I'm quite pleased with it and he absolutely loved it. I backed it with fleece so it was extra warm for the hospital. I did the football stippling on my embroidery machine - which I digitized the design for... I just wanted to share my most recent creation! [IMG]http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g120/debcrafty/mini-lsuquilt.jpg[/IMG] I also made a tote bag to take it to the hospital - It is two sided - purple on one side and this yellow print on the other and it can also be turned inside out with the LSU fabric on the inside... [IMG]http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g120/debcrafty/mini-lsuquilt3.jpg[/IMG]

Very nice looking. Looks like a good pattern for a boy. How old is he? What size is it; it looks like it is throw or lap size?

It is 50"x46"... He's 13 so I didn't want to do anything too country. Originally I was going to do the disappearing 9 patch then at the last minute decided I was going to do a stack and whack crazy quilt and after I made the first cut I changed my mind then with a few carefully placed cuts got it to what it is now... It was a relatively quick one to sew up too which was nice. I am planning on starting a few more for the same ICU that he is in - but for the upcoming winter holidays. My son's teacher said that she would like to start making quilts for next year to give away to the kids. I told her that I would be up for making some... I have a lot of girly flowery fabric that my boys won't appreciate ;)

I love the quilt and the tote. I am sure he will love it.

Sybil