mieanyody

My husband is in the trucking business and travels throughout the lower 48 United States. I made this quilt for his sleeper bed in the truck that he drives, which is also his home, office, kitchen, etc. on wheels. I found a map of the US online, enlarged it to get each state to the appropriate size, cut out all the paper states and used them as pattern pieces to cut out the fabric. I then fused each state to a large piece of solid fabric and ran applique stitching around each one to secure it. I trimmed the quilt with trucking themed fabric and ran straight line quilting stitches over the whole thing diagonally. It took a while to make it and the states aren't exactly sized as they should be. But he loved it and uses it every night.