Texas / UTEP baby blanket

This weekend we were out of town for a wedding and I had to miss my friend's baby shower! I was so sad to miss it... I had come up with the perfect baby gift idea months ago. And doggone it. I couldn't be two places at once!

The mom-to-be is Texas Longhorns graduate. The dad-to-be is a UTEP Miners graduate. Both are big football fans. Their lil' baby boy even has a sports themed nursery waiting for him!

What was my baby gift idea? A Texas Longhorns / UTEP Miners baby quilt.



The UTEP Miners side was made using the school colors (orange & blue) and a white background. A friend gave me a Miners t-shirt, which I used for the UTEP logo and the Miners pickax. The best part of the t-shirt was the Texas Longhorn, stamped with a pickax!



The Texas Longhorns side is a myriad of Longhorns fabric and a t-shirt. Texas fabric is much easier to come by, especially in its hometown! I had the best time creating wacky, modern blocks with Texas fabrics.




The quilt was binded with black & white fabric, to tie the two sides together.

I hope Baby Brown enjoys his new blankie!