Animals on the Savannah

It was a delightful day

when I could finally

introduce my 5 month old grandson,

Weston,

to his quilt.

You can see he's thrilled.

Well, as much as a 5 month old can be.

It was a kit that I had bought

from Fat Quarter Shop.

After some initial issues, 

it went together quickly.

 Check here for the back story if you'd like.

Then it was off to my quilter,

Debi, who did some marvelous custom quilting.

The background around each of the animals is 

a solid.  Look at the quilting she did.

It makes each of the figures pop.

I'm usually not into heavy machine quilting,

but for some reason this just seemed to fit.

I love the pattern variations down the center.

It adds lots of texture to compliment the prints

and the animals.

 Debi did a wonderful job.

The backing was made up 

of all the leftover pieces

 and will be as much fun to look at 

as the front.

I'm thinking this quilt will stay

at Nana's house for awhile.

 It will be a fun place to play

especially with Running Man.

Until Next Time-

Kyle

Hello Autumn

Autumn is my favorite season.

I love all the colors of the changing leaves.

The crisp air.

I remember the huge piles of leaves

that we as kids would run and jump  in.

Maybe it's enjoying the comforts of home and

that would definitely include quilts.

Last week I finished up 

 Leaf Peepers

36" X 36"

It was inspired from Jo Morton's

newest book,

Jo's Little Favorites, II.

I enjoyed sewing autumn browns and

aspen golds together.

I had several choices that I thought

would work for the setting triangles.

I decided on the most subtle print

which is a rich warm maple red.

I quilted it as Jo suggested with 

a simple checkerboard grid using an

Aurifil #28 in Chestnut brown.

I love how the thread sits on top of the quilt

top and seems to add more texture.

I plan on using this weight of thread again.

This was a sweet quilt to stitch

and now it's ready to use.

Until Next time-

Kyle

September's UFO List

Despite the fact that I'm 

in full swing of being a nanny Nana

I've made some progress on

my 17 UFO's in 2017.

Any forward progress is 

a reason to celebrate.

A couple of weekends ago

 there was challenge

to "sew a jelly roll".

To be honest, I don't buy 

many precuts,

but looking over my UFO list 

 I remembered I had 

"make a Mondo Bag"

I knew it was a sign.

Time to work on this.

I combined a well cured

Fig Tree jelly roll and a 

very mature pattern and 

started sewing.

A long time ago I have made lots of the 

Quilt Smart Smart Bags.

All this bag takes is 

two fat quarters,

one for the bag and one for the lining.
And, of course,
the Quilt Smart fusible
preprinted interfacing.

Making a Mondo Bag

was just as easy.
The fusible interfacing has
all the necessary lines printed on it,
where to cut and where to sew
and what direction to press.

Using a jelly roll is a quick

way to get a variety of  2.5" squares.

Cut, fuse, sew.
Nothing could be easier.

 

 Here are the squares fused to
the interfacing.

If you're careful, you're

 able to get enough squares for two Mondo Bags

out of one jelly roll.

One bag for you and one for a friend.

Once you've bought the pattern,
you can buy the interfacing panels separately
and make as many as you want.

Over the years

I've had bag envy with many

of my quilting friends and their Mondo Bags.

The size and shape is perfect

for carrying beautiful quilts 

for show and tell to your local guild meeting.

Well, mine was finally done

and became my show and tell

for September.

Look.

Another project off the list.

There are several projects

that are getting close to being done.

It's going to be a sprint

to the finish.

I've appreciated Meredithe's

fun UFO's list and accountability.

I have actually stayed pretty focused!

Until Next Time-
Kyle