The Super Hero Quilt

My inspiration for this quilt came from the intended recipient, a nephew with an obsession with all things super heroes (and villains). With his 6th birthday occurring shortly after his family's move to a new house, I figured that a new super hero quilt would be a great birthday present and new bedroom theme.

I decided to create blocks filled with various super hero logos. Each were appliqued using patterns that I purchased digitally through Etsy vendors. I'm guessing there is some copyright faux pas regarding the purchase and use of licensed logos, so we can just pretend that the heroes represented here are made up and were in no way intended to reflect any copyrighted materials, okay?  This is probably also the reason why the vendor I purchased the designs from oddly no longer exists. There are a lot more hero logos (and sizes) available in the world, but I kept this somewhat simple.  I used various fat quarters for the different colors needed in each applique pattern.  

(Superman, Dark Wing, Robin, Wonder Woman, Flash, Spiderman, Batman, Captain America)

Unhelpful helper.....

I made each block 12.5" x 12.5" so that they with 1/4" seams they would finish at 12"x12".  The background fabric I used had a faded dot pattern which looked slightly comic book like to me. I put 2 1/2" black strips between each square.  My sister gave me the final dimensions that would best fit the bed, but instead of creating the entire quilt out of super hero blocks, I decided to do something a little different on the sides that would hang over the edge of the bed.

I purchased embroidery patterns of super hero action words and spaced them out on the black fabric that would fall over the sides of the bed. The embroidery patterns can be found here: Embroidery Library - Superhero Power Design Pack. The words read ZAP, KABOOM, POW, CRASH, BAM, and KAPOW.

Finished Quilt Top

I have the great privilege of having an Aunt with a long arm quilter, and I finished this quilt with a Marvel comic book patterned fabric on back.  I know my nephew loves the quilt, but the figurative cherry on top was getting official approval from Iron Man in person. I like to consider myself a pretty Super Aunt!