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Quilting: Grandson's finished quilt
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Grandson's finished quilt

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This project was made as part of a Craftsy course:
Craftsy Block of the Month 2012 »

Instructions

I used the pattern from Jan block of the Month for 2 of the 4 different blocks I used. I used info from Leah Day's class, Wendy 's class and Quilting Large pieces o a small machine. I had a good time after getting over my initial hesitation to design and make a quilt without a pattern.
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Category: Quilting

Type of item: Accessory

For: Boys

Style: Cute, Whimsical

Materials

I used quilt shop quality fabric and some of the lesso.ns learned from several Craftsy classes

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Okie Nanna on craftsy.com
Okie Nanna
Jan 09, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
I love your fun quilt, like the others the colors are pretty awesome. You did a wonderful job!
mpac5000 on craftsy.com
mpac5000
Jan 09, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks it was fun!
Darns on craftsy.com
Darns
Dec 25, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Oh, mpac500, you did a wonderful job on this - love the colors and the border is great! Totally fun!
mpac5000 on craftsy.com
mpac5000
Dec 25, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks, Darns
HeatherIsaacson on craftsy.com
HeatherIsaacson
Dec 22, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Good Job! I like the edge and how you did the stripe sideways. great idea.
mpac5000 on craftsy.com
mpac5000
Dec 22, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Heather, they were so much fun! The strips in the border are different widths. I just cut and played. LOL!
Pamillia on craftsy.com
Pamillia
Dec 21, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Your creation is wonderful. Thank you for sharing.
mpac5000 on craftsy.com
mpac5000
Dec 22, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks, Pamillia.
befney on craftsy.com
befney
Dec 21, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
this pops! well done
mpac5000 on craftsy.com
mpac5000
Dec 21, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks, befnry
Seabourne on craftsy.com
Seabourne
Dec 21, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Great job! What's the next project? I finished my granddaughter's quilt and it's wrapped and under the tree. Next is the grandson's quilt.... Star Wars theme - and may the force be with me.... :)
mpac5000 on craftsy.com
mpac5000
Dec 21, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
I still have my 2 BOMs to quilt but they need to wait until after Tuesday/Christmas.
quiltsandhearts on craftsy.com
quiltsandhearts
Dec 21, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
i bet that the back is awesome as the front...pretty!
mpac5000 on craftsy.com
mpac5000
Dec 21, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
The back is funky.
Beth245 on craftsy.com
Beth245
Dec 21, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
What a fun and brilliant quilt, just love the bright colours and how you have put it together and I am sure your grandson will adore it on his bed. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and can't wait to see what you do next.
mpac5000 on craftsy.com
mpac5000
Dec 21, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
thanks, Beth. I really enjoyed working on this.
desna on craftsy.com
desna
Dec 21, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
This is awesome, I love your design and your choice of fabrics... there's no holding you now... next you will be selling patterns:))))
mpac5000 on craftsy.com
mpac5000
Dec 21, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Won't be selling patterns but I do edit patterns for 2 quilt designers.
mpac5000 on craftsy.com
mpac5000
Dec 21, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Merry Christmas, Desna!
Sister Tammie on craftsy.com
Sister Tammie
Dec 21, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
u have been a sewing machine lately. finishing up all sorts of things. This is lovely
mpac5000 on craftsy.com
mpac5000
Dec 21, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Tammie, I set out to get some projects done and I have been knocking them out. I won't start quilting the BOM until after Christmas. How have you been? Merry Christmas to you and your family.
judiannwilliams on craftsy.com
judiannwilliams
Dec 21, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Awesome! I love how you took what we learned and expanded on it to create such a great quilt.
mpac5000 on craftsy.com
mpac5000
Dec 21, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
thanks
Jennifer Thomas on craftsy.com
Jennifer Thomas
Dec 21, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Love the colors - everything really pops! Your grandson will be wrapped in love, lucky boy!
mpac5000 on craftsy.com
mpac5000
Dec 21, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks. this was 2 years in the making. Took me a long time to figure out what I wanted to do with the fabric..
ole chook on craftsy.com
ole chook
Dec 20, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
super cool - lucky grandson
mpac5000 on craftsy.com
mpac5000
Dec 20, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks. he was so excited. It really made me feel good to see him so excited.
mpac5000 on craftsy.com
mpac5000
Dec 20, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I sewed the binding down using a blanket stitch after watch Leah Day demonstrate this. What a difference it made time wise. Less than an hour instead of several hours to hand sew it down. Pat Sloan also has a demo of this in her books.
mpac5000 on craftsy.com
mpac5000
Dec 20, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
It is hard to see the quilting. I did echo stitching on the asterix part of one of the slash blocks, the other slash block I did echo on the triangles and did not like it so I added echo stitching on the asterix part. I did a stiple stich with the fire hydrants and a stich around the dogs and fire engines. One the brder, I did a straight stitch across the paino keys. I gave it to him the other day and he loved it. The back was trains and was cut and sewn together in a random huge block pattern. I forgot to take a picture of that.

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