himalayan pink quilt - mom's christmas gift

now it is time to reveal the truth behind the pattern for one of this year's music camp quilts!
when i surprised lisa in colorado last year for her birthday, we of course went to holly's quilt cabin while i was there.  i was in the midst of making the giraffe abstraction quilt for sarah but needing to plan ahead.  i had bought a very specific flannel for this project, but had no pattern in mind which also meant no fabric for the front yet either.  while there, i found this great triangle quilt pattern, and because i LOVE triangle quilts, i bought it AND all the fat quarters for the front while there.  originally, i had planned making this for my mom for her birthday, but then time just zoomed by and there wasn't any time to sew it in secret.  well, i took the fat quarters with me to colorado again over spring break, and once i finished my twin sweater dogs quilt top, i cut and pieced all my rows together.
it wasn't until she was at the donner mine camp for the year that i cut the triangles and pieced the top together.  i think i even quilted it at that point as well.  i ran out to thistle dew and bought a bit more of fabric for the binding, and once that was all done, it sat.  since july/august it sat, since i couldn't do much with it besides hide it!  just a week ago, i sewed the tag on to the back, photographed it and wrapped it up to be put under the tree for christmas.  success!
the fabrics used were a mix of any of the colors i found on the back in fat quarter form.  seriously, holly's quilt cabin has the best organization of fat quarters next to bolts of fabric... and SO MUCH OF IT.  since i also love scrappy quilts, it was super fun wandering the store back and forth to select which colors blended best with the backing as well as each other without being TOO intense.  and of course, i'm looking at these fabrics again now wishing i had more of a lot of them!
the binding is a shade of grunge, because obviously ever quilt i make right now could use a bit of grunge-ness to it!  i felt like the blue tied in just perfectly.
now here's your first look at the backing fabric.
isn't it super cute?  i thought it was the perfect flannel and just had to be made in to a quilt instead of pajama pants!  those boogley eyed black and white cats remind me of my elroy cat.
this quilt turned out just like i had hoped and more!
the colors were bold and fun, with an addition of kitty cats just like every quilt should secretly have.
quilt number: 103
pattern: himalayan pink by madison cottage design