This is a ‘Welcome to the Family’ quilt I made for our newest family member, Gentry Michael. Gentry joined us on July 9, sharing the same birthday as his Grandpa!

The quilt pattern is Cattle Call, a Highland Coo made by Art Easy Quilting Company. When my niece and her husband had their baby shower, it was Highland Cow themed, so that made choosing a quilt design pretty easy. I backed it with a cowboy boots print pattern since they love country and western culture: they already had bought Gentry’s first pair of cowboy boots before he was even born 🙂 I did a diagonal straight line quilting with a light grey thread. Most of the fabrics are new with the exception of the speckled light beige fabric on the cow’s snout. While I have very few bits and pieces of fabric left from Edith, Gentry’s maternal great-grandma, I thought this was a good place to incorporate it, so that Great Grandma Edith can smell her new little great grandbaby in heaven ♡. I suspect that Edith is up in heaven enjoying all her wonderful great-grandsons, which now total eight!

I hope Gentry enjoys his big and loving family!