Quilt 80: Hawaiian Surf Boards - DONE!

Hubby and me honeymooned on the island of Maui - and loved it so much that we've returned to the islands several times.  Once I started quilting I quickly realized that lovely Hawaiian-print fabric (which we can't get here in Australia) makes a lovely souvenir.  Here's one of the prints I have brought back with me:

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A friend of mine sent her daughter and two grandsons to Oahu this past April for a special treat.  The boys just adored Hawaii, and she and I cooked up the idea of using some of my Hawaiian fabric to make a quilt for each of them for Christmas.

Both boys are quite tall (the eldest is 6' 1"), so the quilts need to be fairly long.  I opted to keep things as "even" as possible, and use pretty much the same block design for each, although the fabrics will be different.  For this first one (the surfboard print above), here's the design:

I opted to adjust the colours a bit, making the internal lattice dayglow orange instead of red, and toning down the other borders as well.  Too much bold colour in the borders would have overwhelmed the colours in the surfboard print.

And here it is - completed. 

55" x 77" - quilted on the longarm ("Blustery Breeze" groovy boards) - cotton batting

 Here's a closeup of the center blocks (below).  In this photo you can see the colours a bit better, especially the orange (which the camera seems to wash out a bit if the flash is used):

The quilting is done with chocolate-brown thread, which pretty much fades into the print (as you can see above).  And the backing is brown as well (it's actually dark brown - the flash has washed out the colours):

Now to whip up the other quilt - that one will be primarily blue and gold.