I have known my friend, Peter, since we both moved to New Mexico for grad school in 1994. He is from St. Louis, Missouri, and I moved to NM from northern California. We both started following baseball teams from the states where we lived when we were young–Peter being a die-hard St. Louis Cardinals fan and me being a dedicated San Francisco Giants fan. Awhile ago I decided to make a quilt for Pete celebrating our 30 years of friendship, and when I saw the Baseball Star Pattern by Heather of My Sew Quilty Life, I knew it would be the perfect quilt for Peter, and his 11-year-old daughter, Aila, who shares his devotion to the Cardinals. For the front of this 60″ x 60″ throw-size quilt, I used the same colors as the pattern cover as those are the colors of the St. Louis Cardinals.

I found a Cardinals fabric on Etsy that was perfect for the back.

The close-up below shows the wonderful Play Baseball quilting pattern used by Cara at Sew Colorado Quilting. It also shows the quilt label which should have 11 years of friendship with Aila instead of 10. Somehow I lost a year!

Both Pete and Aila were thrilled with the quilt. It was really fun to be able to give it to them in person. Both of our teams are still in the race to be Wildcard teams for the playoffs that start in October. It would be fun if both the Giants and the Cardinals make it.

My cousin, McKenzie, has made two versions of the Baseball Star quilt. The first one was for her grandmother (and my aunt Lois) whose husband loved the Seattle Mariners. The pic below shows McKenzie and Lois with that quilt.

The second one was for McKenzie’s husband, Jeremy, who follows the Giants (as does McKenzie). We had the Giants’ game on behind McKenzie when I took the photo.

I just might have to make my own Baseball Star quilt in San Francisco Giants colors!