My Third Love Quilts UK square

Today, I finally finished my Love Quilts square for Bradley. The theme for his quilt is football and his favourite team is Norwich City. I found a pattern on Pintrest and then set myself the challenge of adapting the kits to look like Norwich City players - green and gold.

Finished scarf and trophy before backstithing.

Fortunately, the scarf was easy to do. The trophy I stitched as per the pattern.

Finished scarf and trophy.

Then, it started to get a bit trickier. I think this is the hardest quilt square (possibly design) that I've done, purely because I was adapting the pattern. I think the pattern was originally designed based on the old England kit, but the Norwich isn't the same - I had to consider the yellow and green on the torso and then factor in the sleeves with the opposite coloured band on them. The pattern I used didn't even have sleeves as such, they just blended into the rest of the shirt.

Finished scarf, trophy and kit. Football and boot in progress.

You might also be able to tell that I've got chocolate Labradors now, because their fur gets absolutely everywhere!!! 

Finished scarf, trophy, kit, football and boot.

Top left football pre-backstitching

The top pictures were the hardest to do, again because of adjusting the kit. The top right pictures originally had long sleeves, so I decided to shorten them. But again, that then introduced the challenge of where to shorten the sleeve and then making up the pattern for the arms. 

Still, I think it turned out well in the end...

Finished!!

Right now, it's drying on the washing line so I can post it first thing on Monday morning (not sure I'll mak the post in time today!). My next love quilt square is a Disney theme for Violet. I've chosen to do a Pluto square for her - I'm especially excited about that one!!