After
Esmeralda, which was a herculean effort, I wanted to do as little as possible.
Time to reward myself :-D
Fabric Shopping!!!
The Nursery Rhymes fabric will make the backing of my October OMG quilt.
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| Windham Fabrics Nursery Rhymes |
I knew I had to have this orange striped fabric.
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| Balloon Stripe Michael Miller Fabrics |
I will most probably use it as backing and will use the diagonal lines to quilt from the back.
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| Jumping and Munching Sheep |
I also got these sheep and look at those plump farm animals.
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| Plump Animals |
I fell for these snowmen and ordered immediately.
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| Instant Attraction |
When I received the package, I realized that it was not quilting cotton but flannel. Could not use them for patchwork, but definitely backing.
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| Lovely Plaid Joann Fabrics |
Also found this lovely plaid at my local Joann Fabrics.
Combine this plaid with that snowmen flannel and you have an instant quilt. Honestly, I have not made a quilt more rapidly than this one.
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| Finished!!! |
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| Cuddly |
I quilted it in the morning, before going to work.
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| Can you see the Quilting? |
Finished the binding the same day, after returning from work.
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| Binding in process |
Since it was so simple to put this together, I decided to add faux piped binding (my first) to add a bit of pizzaz to it.
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| Faux Piped Binding |
The turquoise blue of the binding matches the plaid. And goes well with he snowmen too :-)
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| Loving it |
The finished quilt measures about 37" by 42". I think Snowmen Express is a perfect name.
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| So cute!!! |
Labelled and ready to go. Where is a baby when you need one?
Playing with Scraps
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| October OMG |
Still working on my October OMG, using scraps from
Esmeralda.
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| Border, Backing & Binding Scraps from Esmeralda |
Remember me??? I heard the HSTs (left over from
Clay's quilt) call out to me.
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| For Snowballing Corners |
I had a few ideas.
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| Leftover HSTs |
Looked at Pinterest. Too many ideas. Put these away for now. You little distracting things.
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| Another HST idea |
Closed Pinterest.
Open Facebook.
Saw
Janine's blocks for
KaHolly. Oh no, time to get into action.
Making Doggone Cute Blocks for KaHolly
I chose Dog #5. This was the easiest block in my opinion.
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| Cutting/Piecing |
I made two large blocks - one each in orange and turquoise.
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| Puppy Face |
Moving one unit makes such a difference. And could be a mistake. See the puppy looks more like a lion when I moved that unit.
No, no, no, get back to work.
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| Doesn't that look like a lion? |
It is such a well-written pattern. Love the clear instructions, numbering of the pieces and all the little diagrams. Thank you,
Lorna.
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| All done and ready to go!!! |
Thank you, KaHolly, for this effort to bring some measure of comfort and healing to those affected by the horrible storm.
I still have to complete my October OMG. How did a month of taking it easy turn into a month of frenzy? Does this ever happen to you? I look forward to your thoughts.
