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| Big Bear Little Bear Quilt |
Wow, I am a slow quilter. If my math is correct, it took me 4+ months to make this baby quilt. I was on track, had all the blocks cut, most of the brown cut, and got it pieced. Then the baby (my boss's 7th child!) was born early, and I decided that I hate using that "fur" fabric as the backing. Which resulted in not touching the thing for 2 months.
I started out by buying the fabric from Massdrop way back in November. It has totem poles, and my boss is "totem pole people." His words, not mine. I had this idea in mind for a "brick" look, so I took out the graph paper and drew it out. I had 7 prints that I was using (not including the 3 accent bricks), so I was able to arrange the blocks in a way that there were no two bricks of the same fabric next to each other. Maybe the same design, but different background color.
Once I finished that
Berry Bravo quilt, I got to cutting the fabric. I liked how easy it was to cut the fat quarters, and I think I won't be so reluctant to buy them in the future. A fat quarter just sounds like so little fabric...
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| again, I need a design wall, instead of a "design bed" |
I decided to use the fur for the backing because, well, bears. But when it came time to do the quilting, I found the fur to be very slippery. Plus, I hadn't used any batting because I figured that the fur would be fluffy enough. Maybe if I'd sandwiched a batting in there I would have had better control over it.
To quilt, I just started by making a line from corner to corner on my top corner blocks, and went from there. I found my fabric marker pretty much disappeared instantaneously, so eventually I got to the point where I had to mark each line individually, and it would still nearly disappear before I could get the line done.
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The people who owned this house previously used this area for their ducks.
One time they looked out to see a bear attaching the pen.
Looks like the pen is under bear attach once again... |
But with the end of it, I loved it. I was very proud. Once again I was able to take photos of a finished project without leaving my property. When I gave it to my boss, he said "It's not big enough to cover me!" I then proceeded to show it off because I was darn proud!
Linking up with:
Fort Worth Fabrics
Sew Fresh Quilts
Freemotion by the River
My Quilt Infatuation
Fort Worth Fabric
