Talking about my deadline for the "It's for the Birds Blog Hop" that is. I just finished assembling the top just 10 minutes before the stroke of twelve and I am trying to post this ASAP without too many typos or grammatical errors, I HOPE! Please accept my apologies Mary and Madamme Samm for being so last minute with this one. Between Dr's Appointments, family commitments, quilt classes (Yes, I had two full day classes recently which I'll share on another day/post - they were with Pam Druhen and Bonnie Hunter) grandchildren and children spending several hours here today to celebrate Mothers day, besides being away, all of it took a toll on my project's process. Of course starting it in the first of May didn't help my case out either!
My inspiration came from this fabric.
I Just love how many different birds are graffiti printed on this fabric and those colors, YUMM! Birdie fathers, offspring of babies and younger birds, besides a Momma bird which is so apropro for today, Mother's Day . It couldn't be more perfect. The different colorations, directions and sizes capture the elements of my family which I value highly.
I fell in love with this graffiti stylized bird print several months ago. Since one of my LQS was having their anniversary salelast month, I snapped up about 9 yeards total of this print and some coordinating fabrics that I've been lusting wishing for but wouldn't allow myself to buy.
The fabric line is called Love Lives Here by P. Carter Carpin for P&B Textiles. Ahhh.. so dreamy, romantic and yet wonky! Just like my family, lol.
So without further adieau- Here's the quilt top I made for "It's For the Birds!" blog hop.
Not being sure which pattern I'd use either until I ran across a recent catalog from Connecting Threads. On page 22, a Jane Hardy Miller had a pattern and/or kit available called Stacked Blox Crib Quilt.
In a previous post I mentioned that her kit with the pattern was crib size and that wouldn't work for the queen bed for the master bedroom in the camper. So a lot of math was called for and Voila! The top for our camper quilt is done.
I will be adding a border on three sides which will be that soft blue color, second from the bottom on that stacked blocks on the right. I also ran into a problem of not having enough of that Dimple dot brown to finish the borders in how I sketched it out, so I'll be getting more of that next week when we go for DH's surgery out of state.
The blocks finished at 12" and with the layout in a 5 X 8 block grid, this is the perfect size for the camper's master bed. The colors will go nicely with it too without being too matchy. ;-)
With borders it should finish 80" x 94", a very comfortable quilt.
Thanks for stopping by and if you have time, please check out the other bloggers who are participating with this hop.
Monday, May 13
Tuesday, May 14
Wednesday, May 15
Thanks Madamme Samm for thinking of another fun hop and thanks too for Mary for being such a gracious cheerleader.
You may ask what's up next for me? Well, going to bed is first on my agenda then maybe tomorrow I can find the time to check my email which has been neglected since last Wednesday, press this top so it lays better, make some jello since I need to only have clear liquids and food for Monday beside s the grands, etc....
I hope everyone was blessed with a wonderful Mother's Day!
Jane
