Jon and I are really excited about how the jungle quilt turned out! We love the faces and there are more great patterns in the book we used (Quilts, Bibs, Blankies...Oh My!) Thank you so much for all of your input on my last post. After much back and forth, we agreed with most of you about the orange binding, but Jon wanted to go with a green thread after we decided to quilt with a leaf pattern (This blog has been inspiring me to quilt different designs).
If I had to pick again, I think I would've gone with a blue or orange thread. The green worked well with the motif, but does clash a little bit with the lighter blue and the pink.
The backing is Alexander Henry's 2D Zoo which is such a great print! The final size is 36"x36" which is the same size as the quilt I made for Little B. It's a little on the small side, but with how much use Little B's parents have been getting from theirs, I think it works!
Jon and I are going to meet Zoe this week when we head down to Philly for Thanksgiving and I can't wait! Her parents don't know we've been working on this and I'm not sure they are even aware that I sew as much as I do.
As I mentioned, we decided to go with a meandering leaf design for the quilting. I also quilted around the outer edges of the animals in the same colors I did the satin stitch applique. After a bunch of doodling, I figured out a fairly straight forward way to do the leaves. I'm still really new to free motion quilting but I didn't find the leaves much harder than a stippling. Since it's hard to see on the quilt, here's what the practice swatch looked like:
Since it took me a little while of doodling to figure out how to make this shape, I figured I'd share how I did it.
As a side note, I did want to mention that I heard concerns about using invisible thread for a baby quilt. Since the nylon thread doesn't break like natural fibers, it could get caught around a small finger. I tried getting more information about this but I couldn't find a good source, but it is something to keep in mind when picking threads.
you did a wonderful job! Love that orange polka dot binding!
ReplyDeleteI love everything about it, awesome job. I am in awe of your quilting the leaves look sooo cool!
ReplyDeleteThe quilt turned out so well! I love the green leaves. You did a great job with the quilting. Thanks for sharing how you did it. I really need to break out of the stipple box like you have. :)
ReplyDeleteWOW! This turned out absolutely adorable. What a great gift! I love the leaf quilting. Love it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt!!! I love those fabrics and how they came together!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat finish! That leaf design is awesome - you did such a great job. You would never think you were still new to free motion!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the note about invisible thread - that's a good point. Just the fact that it would be hard to see that something had gone wrong would be bad for a little baby that can't say what hurts!
Great start, great finish!
ReplyDeleteKris, it's Beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteThe leaf quilting looks SOOOO good! I only *hope* my next FMQ looks half as good as yours.
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I am impressed! What a beautiful gift. It really is adorable.
ReplyDeleteKris, this is fantastic! I love the orange binding, the fabulous label, and your quilting looks perfect! The leaves are so even looking! Thank you for showing how you quilted it, too. Zoe and her parents are going to LOVE this!
ReplyDeleteIt looks great! And I love the little tutorial at the end. You're right, shapes aren't really any harder than stippling.
ReplyDeleteThis looks fantastic and I LOVE the leaf quilting! Thanks for making a tutorial.
ReplyDeleteI'd been looking at the book you used a while back but had forgotton the name of it and couldn't find it, so your thanks for the link - I've now got it bookmarked!