If any of you have daughters, nieces, etc. under the age of 18 then you probably have heard of the boy band, One Direction. My niece Kennedy is a huge, huge fan of this group. If she could, she would be president of their fan club, quit school and follow them all over the world. These guys really do have an interesting story. A few years ago they had not even met.

expert from their website:

The making of One Direction

Turn back the clock to July 2010 and auditions for the UK’s X Factor were underway. Five young boys from various parts of the UK and Ireland had entered the competition with nothing else but a passion for singing and raw talent. Their names were Niall (from Westmeath, Ireland), Zayn (from Bradford), Liam (from Wolverhampton), Harry (from Cheshire) and Louis (from Doncaster) and they had all entered as solo artists. Arriving to their individual auditions, they were given the task of impressing the judges. And they did. But just not quite how they imagined.

It was during the Bootcamp round of the competition that Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh had to give the boys the bad news that they hadn’t made it through as solo artists. They were devastated, but they were offered a suggestion. The judges wanted them to form a group; to learn to sing as a five-piece rather than individuals.

 The boys jumped at the chance and One Direction was born.

What is kind of funny is that I actually remembered watching this show when

 Simon Cowell joined this boys into one group.

Why am I posting about 4 guys from London

and 1 guy from Ireland?

Reason #1-

Of course I am going to be into anything my niece is interested in.

Reason # 2–

I might as well make her a quilt. So here is my One Direction Quilt top.

If any one knows these guys personally I would love to send the quilt to

them to autograph, but in the mean time my plan is to embroider

Niall (on the irish flag)

Liam

Harry

Zayn

and Louis

on each of the flags.

I thought this was perfect timing to show this during the London Olympics.

The British flag is from a pattern by Michelle Kunigisky

of Busy Bee Quilt Designs called Victory Garden.

I must admit the Irish  flag was my own design. Ya okay, it is three strips of fabrics.

Kennedy and I may have to go into business selling these quilts.

 If you don’t see a blog post from me in a long time, you will probably know that

 Kennedy and I have gone on the road as

President of the One Direction fan club

and

maker of One Direction quilts.

One side note– I must really like the British Flag becasue I have also made one using a Cabbages & Roses line of fabric. Wouldn’t this quilt make a precious baby quilt for Prince William and Kate?