After many long months I finally finished and mailed off my Grandniece Riley, her first quilt. It was a group effort for my husband and I. We chose the fabrics, layout, animals and final quilting together.
Not for the faint of heart this project of ours. Many late nights, arguments, thread pulling, re-cutting and sewing and frustration as there was no pattern to follow. Along with this large project, we had funerals, church drama, sick friends, job drama, farm drama and life.
I chose the river as I love water and all animals gather at the rivers.
We call this quilt Enough Animals! as that is how we decided to stop adding anymore animals to this quilt top.
I am a very tactile person so I wanted this quilt to be textural. Fluffy fun fur, velour, tulle, and even corduroy fabrics were used. All fabrics were pre-washed and treated to prevent bleeding. I washed every single piece of fabrics and color tested each one. This entire quilt is washable and will not run. And it can be hung on the wall as well. This is why it took so long to do. So many measures were taken to keep this quilt strong and rich looking over time.
I did machine embroidery and trapunto work under the trees and animals.
Tulle bees wings by my own invention and yes, machine washable.
We raise honey bees and so this quilt had to have a lot of bees. One day Riley might get to see our hives.
We have many owls in the Ozarks.
My husband found this flame fabric so I had to use it.
Closeup of the machine stitch work.
The sleeping female fox.
The happy turtle has floppy feet.
Gecko on the trunk
A leaf on the back for the label. I made this from my husbands mothers vintage embroidery machine.
Flannel fabric on the back for softness and fuller quilting.
I had enough scraps to make a single baby bib with minky fabric cheeks.
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