Saturday, January 9, 2010

The Fancy Schmancy Zoo of Love





Well, there's some new blood in the old family tree, and to welcome the little mister to the family, I made him a quilt from Michael Miller free quilt patterns, Giraffes, Elephants, and Hippos! Oh My! (Oh, yes, much inspired by Katy's version here)
I didn't have all of the kiddy prints they used in their version, so I opted for a lot of Love, because my animals live in a very fancy zoo, you see. Hmmm, and I didn't quite follow the pattern now that I'm seeing Katy's. Hate instructions! Just look at the pictures and go with it, right?
Actually I was wanting to tackle this quilt pattern and jonesing to cut into the Love stash, and I thought it was a fun spin. I do wish I were a really good stippler. I wanted to stipple all around the big animals. ...and you know I tried, like some one who doesn't have good sense. Let's learn to free motion quilt right here and now! Worth a try, because I always think that if I up the ante I will really follow through. But I ended up quilting around the animals in a wavy line farther and farther out each time. The back is a Heather Bailey's new Hop Dot in Sky, very sweet.
So there it is, fun, simple and sweet.
Happy Birthday, Joseph Paul!

3 comments:

  1. the animals in AB love?! Oh my gosh, that's awesome.

    You are quilting like a mad woman at the minute - I think you got hooked ;)

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  2. Well, hello there!
    Might as well sew, everything here is frozen!

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  3. v nice...v simple, fun and sweet for sure!

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