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Quilting: Alaskan Animals for Aiden
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Alaskan Animals for Aiden

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This project was made as part of a Craftsy course:
Quilting Big Projects on a Small Machine »

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Category: Quilting

Type of item: Functional

For: Boys


Materials

Animal Spirit's fabric by Robert Kaufman and various other prints.

What was your inspiration?

The Robert Kaufman fabric was my inspiration for the project in general. Ann Peterson's classes "Quilting Big Projects on a Small Machine" and "Beyond Basic Machine Quilting" gave me the confidence to add the FMQ vines around the animals and the class "Creative Quilt Backs" gave me the idea to add the extra elements to the back.

What are you most proud of?

This is the first quilt I have ever made using my own design and not following a pattern. It's also the biggest project I've done to date and the first time I added a true free motion quilting element. So, a lot of firsts in this one project.

 

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ChristmasEv on craftsy.com
Dec 20, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Wonderful quilt...did you free motion each block and then join everything together into the finished quilt? You did a. Eautiful Jo. On your quilting...I too have just begun learning the craft...look forward to seeing more of your work!
Polarjo on craftsy.com
Dec 20, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you. No, I didn't use the "quilt as you go" method. I quilted this after the top had been completed (sashing, borders, etc) as one big piece.
Ann Petersen on craftsy.com
Ann Petersen
Craftsy Instructor
Sep 14, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Wow! I'm very impressed. Such a great quilt and SO many firsts! Congratulations!
Polarjo on craftsy.com
Sep 14, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks Ann. You're classes helped tremendously! I'm in Casa Grande, AZ, by the way, so maybe we'll run into each other at a quilting event some day.
Ann Petersen on craftsy.com
Sep 14, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
I actually gave a lecture to the local guild there in March. Very nice people!
Polarjo on craftsy.com
Sep 18, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
I didn't start sewing/quilting until May of this year, but if you come again, I'll be there!
posio42 on craftsy.com
Sep 11, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Lovely use of the material to create the animal images! I'm about to launch myself into a quilt for my grandson that morphed from a "dinosaur" quilt to a "my favorite animals" quilt (including dinosaurs), also my first without a pattern. Do you have any suggestions for sources on the animal images? You did a great job in keeping them on a similar scale.
Polarjo on craftsy.com
Sep 11, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks. I think you're giving me a little more credit than I deserve. The Animal Spirits fabric by Robert Kaufman is a screen print with all the animals already on it. I just cut out each animal and put the strips around them to make uniform sized blocks.