Panda Cindy Lou Who

My lifelong friend sent me phone camera pictures of the quilt I made for her. Here they are:

I hope the quality is ok... Looks like it may be upside down... I'll see if I can rotate...Try this...

WOW - so much smaller too... we'll see what happens online...

Here's a closer shot of a corner of the quilt. I'm leaving the orientation on this one as it came over!

OK, last shot of the back - this was the last of the fabric I had from the two "Sweet Treat" bundles. If you're at a show and see this vendor, Pincushion Boutique, try their Sweet Treats. I bought a few of them as stash, or the beginning of a project. I had very little to add to this project - just the two borders and the binding. I had the black and white fabric from another project, so I only had to buy the additional panda fabric...Used the rest of that and the Sweet Treat leftovers for the back. Here it is...

WOW, looks like I didn't even sign this. So Sorry about that! You'll have to sign it for me K! I just use a regular Sharpie marker - hahaha - yep, nothing fancy!! I'd say I was a slacker but really I was just trying to get this one done in limited free time!!! Saved me from bringing it back home and mailing it back!

Love you K - and thanks for the photos!!!

Complete - Doing the Twist using Bungle Jungle kit

While on vacation in August, I picked up a quilt kit at Mother's Originals Quilt Shop in Pequot Lakes, MN. The kit contained the Doing the Twist pattern from Pieced Tree patterns and all of the fabrics for the top and binding based on a print of Bungle Jungle (from Moda). The kit fabrics were wonderful as the woman that owns the shop has a great eye for putting things together. She is also very generous in her fabric. I had enough extra for the backing as I typically like the blanket binding for baby quilts...

Here's the finished quilt:

Cute, huh? If you know the pattern, you know that I accidentally mixed up the placement of the blue and pattern in the border... Oh well! Once I had figured it out, I had the entire top together and I was not going to rip it out! I think it looks fine and no one will know - except those of you who read my blog!

Here's a close-up of some of the quilting:

The quilting is loops and circles...with some of the animal names quilted within the center also... If you can see it, this photo has the "phant" part of "elephant" up between the giraffe and the elephant. My LAQ is super talented!!!

Here's the back:

See? So much extra fabric I used it for the backing! I had two small sections to add to the top and bottom in yellow, but there was barely any of it left showing when complete! I don't label my quilts, but I do sign them in sharpie marker with both my name/city and the name/city of my LAQ - plus the month and year completed.

This quilt was made for a coworker's new grandson that was born a week before I finished the quilt. I brought it to work with me and she showed everyone she could think of there...and then took it to her daughter that evening. It was a hit with everyone, especially those quilted animal names!!!

I haven't finished that many quilts this year yet, and this one has me motivated to make two others - one new mom is due in November and the other mom is expecting her second child in March. I need to get started on the quilt for November... I hear it's more woodland creatures in muted green/blue/earth tones...