You know, the one that I have been talking about for WEEKS!
I feel like it might be a let down after all the "peeks" I have given the past few weeks!
I am super happy with it!
I "pinned" this quilt last year for my nephew. I even worked out the pattern on my EQ7 for yardage requirements and even bought the fabric. However, I worried that he might "outgrow" it (he already is in a huge Cat-in-the Hat kick), so I have gone in a different direction for him.
When Mr. Boss sprung the trip as a surprise for our family...I KNEW I had to do it! I already had the pattern and fabric, right?
I set up my embroidery machine and swapped out the various 4x4 inch (finished) blocks and appliqued Mickey Mouse head outlines at various angles. I decided to do just Mickey Mouse heads because of all the boys...but now that I look at it, I noticed that there are six heads. Maybe one of them needs to have a Minnie bow? Easy to add....do I dare?
I am so happy with the free motion Mickey Mouse heads I appliqued in the "blank" 4x4 sqaures. I looped and meanderead in between. I also added some Mickey Mouse outlines in the large border too.
I had intended to do the small border like the original quilt, but I was in a major time crunch and just added 5 inch borders of the white and black dotted red fabric. I actually liked how it turned out. The small dotted black fabric really balanced nicely for me!
The backing ended up being a new adventure for me. I am not very good at "improv", but for some reason, my math was really off and I ended up adding the large red dotted piece on the right side and the two strips at the top and bottom. I did like the end result!! So maybe I will actually improv my backs a little more often!
Instead of one 4x4 inch quilt label? I did FOUR! It was fun to make sure every bit of this vacation was etched into this quilt! It ended up having more uses for our
Magical visit than I ever intended!
By the way, I did NOT wash it before we left because I didn't have the binding on it. I was REALLY worried about it washing with all that red, so I made sure I had 3 Color Catchers in the wash. Two of them were VERY red and the third was more pink. No red or black leaked anywhere! It also didn't crinkle that much because I think with the humidity, drool, and heat of our bodies warmed it up like a dryer...teehee!
Quilt Stats:
Measures: Approx 40 x 50 inches.
Pattern by:
Mama Roux handmade
I used my EQ7 to work out exact measurements, but to start,
the blocks are 4x4 inches with 2 inch borders and 2 inch sashing.
Fabrics:
Solids: Kona Red, Black, Yellow, White
Dots: Riley Blake Big Black Dot,
Robert Kaufman Small Black Dot, Small Red Dot, Red and Black Dot,
Holly Hoderman Big Red Dot
Binding: Windham Fabrics Mini Black Dot
All fabrics purchased from the Fat Quarter Shop
Techniques: Machine applique, machine pieced,
FMQ on my longarm
