Quilt number 4

I love this quilt!  There wasn't much piecing as it was a play mat but I love the way it turned out. This was a birthday gift for my nephew's 4th birthday. The inspiration for it came from my mum who made me and my sister a mat when we were little and we played with it continuously. Some of this quilt was pieced (sea, sand and green), some appliqued (lake and river), and some of it stuck on after quilting  (roads and car parks). The dilemma I had was whether to applique the roads which from a sewers perspective was preferable or to have the roads relatively  flat so the cars would run along them, following consultation with my other half it was decided that a 4 year would appreciate the flat roads more..so the glue came out.

I used the sea to make waves as little pockets for his cars, figuring that it wouldn't bother him that people do not normally drive their cars into the sea.

As per normal time was a little tight to get it done so the quilting was machine done in a grid pattern to keep it simple.