Anyway, Haylee has been a great friend these past three years. She was always there when I needed someone and was always understanding and sympathetic of the joys of lots of little kids (she has five!). She also helped throw the baby shower for my last not-so-little one. She and her family left last week for a new duty station, and I couldn't see her off empty-handed. So I made this.
I had this idea to use a layer cake of Freebird by Momo and Kona Bone for the HSTs, so I started cruising Flickr for inspirations. I found this, which was exactly what I was thinking about and fabulous, and so I went with it.
The quilting was simple - just echo quilting 1/4" away from the seams, only on the Bone side.
My favorite part of the quilting is the tiny triangles it made in the corners of each large triangle.
For my pieced backing, I used a few extra HSTs to make hourglass blocks. 
I love how the hourglass blocks reference the front without copying it directly. I love the back :)
The binding is one of the simple egg-polka dots from that line.
Happily, Haylee liked the quilt as much I did. Though if I hear she has it in a closet somewhere, afraid to use it for fear of getting it dirty, I may just take it back. It's a good one.
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