Panda Please - a baby boy quilt

Introducing the Panda Please pattern!

I made this one in blue so I think it feels like a baby boy quilt.

I really wanted to use some black and white prints to make this quilt. But did not have enough of any of those in my stash. So instead I improvised! The panda bears were made with two new fabrics I just purchased recently from Clinton Modern Creative. They are Heather Givans - Literary - Read Aloud in Teal and Libs Elliott - Tattooed - Zoltar in Teal. Also included is Abacus: Grow in Sky - a perfectly subtle low volume fabric used for the "white" faces and tummies. This fabric was left over from making my Flowers quilt.

Then I had to find something in my stash that was big enough to use for the backing. I discovered this cute button print from Cloud9's Mad Mend collection. This piece has been waiting since July of 2014 to be used. It has a dark and a light blue that I felt matched with the blues from the front. And I liked the buttons!

 

These little pandas were quilted in organic wavy lines using my walking foot, with a teal thread on top and white in the bobbin. I actually ran out of the teal thread 2/3's of the way through, but continued on using a slightly lighter thread and it all worked out just fine.

The binding is the same Read Aloud in Teal as used in the pandas, sewn onto the back of the quilt and machine finished by top stitching from the front.

The "Panda Please!" quilt finished at 37" x 44"

and was the 50th use of my 2nd edition of 100 labels

ordered from Ikaprint.

Hope you like the "Panda Please!" as much as I do!


Here are some other colourways you could use to make the Panda Please quilt.

Panda Please 37" x 44" in green

Panda Please 37" x 44" in pink

Panda Please 37" x 44" in black and white

I shared about this pattern in the Let's Bee Social post and on Instagram. It was so much fun to read all the comments guessing which version I went with for the real quilt! Thanks so much for playing along!

You can find the Panda Please pdf pattern here in my shop.

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Crocodile Rock (a-bye-baby)

Rock a bye baby....

Down in the swamp...


Perfect for a baby boy, the background for this little quilt is Kona Caribbean. I chose it simply because it was the only blue fabric I had a large enough cut to use for this quilt. Designing this fierce creature was a lot of fun. And so was the piecing process. As with all my designs, this pattern is NOT paper pieced.

The crocodiles were made from this goldfish print by Kaeli Smith for Elizabeth's Studio and the spikes on their backs, constructed using my No Waste Flying Geese Units tutorial, are made from this Chicken Wire print from Bright and Early by Evelia for Wilmington Prints.





I quilted my organic wavy lines using my walking foot. My thread choices were a variegated blue Superior Thread on top....



And a variegated green Superior Thread on the bottom.





This cute backing fabric was my source for inspiration in the design of this quilt. Back in May I showed my newly purchased Crocs Park from the Urban Zoologie collection by Anne Kelle for Robert Kaufman Fabrics here.


In that same post I showed the Chicken Wire Texture in Orange from the Bright and Early collection by Evelia for Wilmington Prints. This became the spikes for the backs of the crocodiles and was aslo used for the binding.

Before starting this quilt, as with all my work, I first draw up my ideas on graph paper. Then head to my computer to transfer these ideas into a design using EQ7.

Then I uploaded fabric swatches chosen from fabrics that I already had in (my stash).


Here is a mock up of the baby sized version using Ecco Spheres by Benartex and Lush by Patty Young for Michael Miller Fabrics. And a darker green background.

BABY quilt approximately 38” x 44”

This mock up shows a twin size layout, with the 8 headed version......

TWIN quilt approximately 74” x 88”

And this mock up shows a twin size layout, with the 16 headed version, using the same goldfish fabric and Chicken Wire print that I used.

TWIN quilt approximately 74” x 88”

The Crocodile Rock quilt pattern includes material requirements and complete instructions for making the BABY quilt or the TWIN size quilt using either 8 or 16 heads.

I have been spending the majority of my time lately designing animal quilt blocks and will be sharing some big projects with you in the very near future. But it was nice to take a break from all that pattern work to just sit and sew this past week. Especially considering all the fabrics were chosen from what I had on hand. Ordering new fabric is always fun. Who doesn't jump for joy when receiving a happy mail delivery? But it sure felt good to dig through those bins and find something that would work for this.

"Crocodile Rock" finished at approximately 38" x 44"
and was the 59th use of my 100 labels

ordered from Ikaprint.

The Crocodile Rock quilt pattern is now available for purchase from my pattern shop here.

See ya later, Alligator!

Linking up to Finish it up Friday with 

Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts

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A Custom Order Baby Boy Quilt

As I mentioned last week in this post about the top, I was approached by email to make a custom order baby quilt.  Thanks to Rita of Red Pepper Quilts.

And I want to tell you all how great you made me feel.  All those sweet compliments and kind comments really meant a lot to me and are each greatly appreciated.  Thank you ALL so much, my friends!

As you can see, our snow has disappeared.  For now.
Leaving a wet and muddy background.  Not so sweet.

Oh, now that's better!  A bit wrinkly, but better.

The real outdoors was hazy and foggy.  Cool and damp.

But indoors was warm.  And sunny by the window.

Choosing fabrics for the patchwork was the most fun.
Also read as:  Shopping for fabrics was THE most FUN!

In keeping with the RPQ style, I quilted along the seam lines, both horizontally and vertically.

The backing is a very recent fabric acquisition. The name and details are in this post.

The binding is Katie Stripe in Midnight by Beauty Queen.
Not black, but it's the best I could do.
It's the only stripe I have!
Gonna have to change that....

A custom personalized  label was requested.
For the first time ever, I used the alphabet stitching on my Aunt Elna.

I sewed the loose edge of this triangle label down by hand.

This quilt finished at 48" x 57" and was the 20th use of my 100 labels ordered from

MyOwnQuiltLabels.

You can design your own labels, too!  Click here!

I am so proud of this sweet little finish.
And look forward to making more patchwork quilts in the future!
This quilt is now awaiting the arrival of a sweet baby boy.  A 2015 New Year's baby boy!

Thank you so much, Rita!


Linking up to Finish it up Friday with Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts....
And TGIFF! hosted this week with Sarah at Things I Make.

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