ROAR! The Dinosaur ~~ a finish!

"ROAR! The Dinosaur" is a recent finish that I have not written about because, frankly, it's been too hot to go outside for more than a few minutes. I won't even attempt to describe the mosquito problems. Let's just say I'm thrilled to have cooler weather. It's amazing that temperatures in the 80s is miserably hot in May, but in September the 80s are remarkably cool. 

So back to "ROAR!" It's the little quilt that I cut out and sewed up at the Cotton Quilters sew day last month. I was able to finish the top and loaded it on the long arm the following day. It waited on me for a while, but the thing about having a quilt loaded is that I am committed to that quilt before working on another. It's a sure way of getting a particular top quilted.

There's not much to say about this little quilt. It's simple but cute and definitely for a little boy. I had enough of the dinosaur fabric to use for backing and almost enough (but not quite) for binding. I used a solid brown in one of the corners to "stretch" the binding. It works and so far no one has noticed unless I point it out.

I actually have a couple of other finishes to show you. I just let them pile up and today hung each one on the line to get some photos. 

		Quilt Stats
	Name:	ROAR! The Dinosaur
	Size:	44" X 46"
	Fabrics:	various juvenile fabrics from stash
	Pattern:	my design
	Backing:	dinosaur fabric from stash
	Batting:	100% Cotton
	Binding:	fabric from stash
	Quilting:	improv with various motifs
	Completed:	2020

 

Sunday Quilt Inspiration: Kiddos

I really started out thinking about the sewing camp that I had last week, but honestly, it's almost impossible to find quilts that children have made. Maybe I'm using the wrong search terms. Anyway, I did find more, yes more!, quilts specifically made for little ones. So let's go with that, okay?

Just for fun and because I generally begin with pictures of my inspiration idea, these are my own grandies. Well, the younger ones anyway.

Don't they inspire? Okay, then let's look at a few quilts for kids...

And lastly, quirky monsters seem to be all the rage, so here are a few.

Building Blocks 2 ~~ finished!

The second of the granddaughter quilts is complete! And just in time for their move.  We're hoping that they will be moving to the new house in a couple of weeks.  Although they are not moving very far, it can be stressful for little ones.  

Rather than give them the quilts now, I've decided to wait and give them once the move happens.  Hopefully the quilts will help them to feel comfortable in the new house as well as in their new beds.

Here the two quilts are together. They don't quite fit on the rod that I have set up in the studio.  The weather was cold but bright, still taking pictures was not in the cards for me today thanks to the mud.

It's so deep that even the puppies, who love to roll in stinky soft stuff, refuse to get off the porch.  The pictures of the most recent finish begin here.

Taking pics in the studio wasn't a total disaster, but it wasn't great either.  Still, I manage to get lots of photos.  Because of that, I took close-ups and whole quilt pics.  

 To get the entire quilt in the pic, though I had to hang each one separately and sideways.  Most of these pics are sideways or upside down.  Hey, they're quilts and can be put on the bed in any almost direction, right?  That's my thinking anyway.

These pictures are of the two quilts, of course.  But since I haven't decided which one goes to which grand, I figured I'd give them equal time and space.  The pictures below are of the quilt finished first.

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