Large Print Quilts - "BIGS" #1 and #2

The comfort quilts group handed me some large print fabric and said, "This looks like you!".  Of course, this was their way of challenging me to make something to donate back as a charity quilt.  I do like making quilt tops, and sometimes quilts, for the group, and I like the anonymous factor involved with charity.  So, I accepted the challenge.

We spent a lot of time watching the March Madness basketball playoffs.  I love, love, love, watching the college teams and especially the women.  This year I noticed the commentators calling the tall girls "The BIGS".  I thought this was a little derogatory, but then I noticed that they also call the tallest men "The BIGS".  So, OK.  I guess it's not derogatory towards the tall women.  I asked my husband how long they've been referring to the tallest people on the team as "The BIGS".  And he said for a long time.  Jeesh.  Where have I been?  Anyway, I'm going to steal the term and call the Big Prints "The BIGS" too.  They need their own special treatment, I think.  Don't you?

My personal feeling is that when you use large print fabric, you need to keep the pieces as large as you can.  Otherwise, you totally destroy the motifs.  I drew up a couple of designs for this fabric, using 10" squares.  Here are the two quilts that I made with this fun circular fabric.  I'm calling them "BIGS #1" and "BIGS #2".

BIGS #1  67" X 67"

BIGS #2  52" X 64"

I hope you like them.