Another in the make ahead baby quilt project. This quilt uses printed and plain flannel from the baby quilt donation project. I wanted to make at least one baby quilt for the donation box that looks a little more boyish.
The pattern is a slight adaptation of the one used for the Grandma's Boy quilt.
The name comes from the game played bouncing a small child sitting on the foot of an adult's crossed leg. The game starts off 'Ride a Horsey' and as the child is bounced faster and faster ends 'Gallopy, Gallopy, Gallopy'. I fondly remember my mother and other relatives playing this game with my siblings and cousins and other babies. I wonder if people still do it? Apparently they do, though I think the words vary from person to person based on what my Internet search found! Here's an image from the Internet of someone playing the game with a child while a couple of other children await their turns:
Size: 46" x 57" Baby Size
Quilting: Loopy circles, wavy rounded lines, squared off lines, and meandering lines around the printed horse scenes, using brown thread (Omni from Superior Threads). Free form quilting. 4 bobbins.
Backing: Cream colored plain flannel
Batting: 100% Cotton (Warm and Natural)
Binding: Dark brown flannel, also used for the sashing strips in the quilt.
Pattern: Adapted from "French Braid Transformations" by Jane Hardy Miller. Pattern called 'Stax'.
Piecing 2012 by Patty. Quilting on long arm quilter July 2012 (Patty) Binding by Patty. QC by Spencer.
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