mini meadowland kitty quilt

oh my goodness... this poor quilt has been done FOREVER and just got mailed off last week.
it is WAY over due for it's time in the spotlight!

when i found out my dear friend jessica was having baby girl number three, i was thrilled to come up with a way to incorporate our childhood love of kitties in to this quilt.  but apparently that is the theme for her getting baby quilts... they come eventually!  (half hexi smokey cat quilt was baby girl #2).

being in the midst of quarantine while making this, and possibly even during my unemployment phase, i needed a pattern that was quick, easy and i could use my stash for.  the meadowland quilt was one i had my eye on for quite some time, and it was the perfect size for a wee one to grow with.  i had a lot of pinks, aquas and grays from previous projects, so it was the perfect mix for a baby girl.

the collections of pinks i had surprised me, since i don't often use them in my quilt!
granted, a bunch of them came from my rad 100 days 100 blocks quilt that was all over the rainbow.  the aqua kitty heads were just too cute to pass up when i did some shop hopping awhile ago, and they became the perfect tie in for this quilt!
these blocks were much larger than i expected them to be, which was great to feature these fabrics even more so.  bigger blocks = more kitty cuteness, am i right?  i used to think 12"blocks were gigantic and good, but something just feels good about these 16ish ones.  maybe that's because i spent a good three months making 6 and a half inch blocks a few years ago!i picked up the gray binding and raspberry grunge backing from caliquiltco.com to help tie it all together.  i felt like the gray was enough to frame it up without being too "in your face" while the pink on the back was perfect.  i did a simple crazy puzzle pantograph all over it to keep the focus on the blocks and not necessarily overwhelm it with quilting. i would absolutely do this quilt again, using a wider variety of colors and in a larger size.  could i use a new quilt for my bed?  hmmm...  6 quilts layered during the wintertime could be exactly what i need!  
i should also add that i found a blog post that helped figure out how to keep the directional fabric going the same way on all of the flying geese pieces (helpful for those kitty heads especially)
if you plan to do a meadowland and want to know how to keep it directional, the link is here: four at a time geese with directional fabric

pattern information: meadowland by then came june
quilt count: 141