Squirrely Trish

 

Created for Project Quilting This or That Bonus Challenge. Orphan blocks is one of my favorite quilt types. So I decided to go with that here. However, as I went through my orphan blocks, I realized I'd already used alot of them this year. Orphans in Pink and Warm Orphan Ombre were both created for Project Quilting this year. So, I decided to make some blocks. My first mistake was trying to plan them so some were light and some were dark because I saw light coming across the quilt. Wrong idea. Make some blocks, then decide how they fit. Better idea. Also take some of those too boring blocks and cut them up and make them into new blocks. Definitely better. 

I added a textural tree because I love them and it adds an extra dimension to the quilt. And also some little squirrels cut from the bundle fabric and fused on.

Created by Diane Lapacek in rural Poynette, WI.

31" x 35"

 

Squirrely Kim

 

 

Created for the Project Quilting This or That bonus challenge. Full disclosure here. Kim is my daughter-in-law. When she was dating my son, they would come for dinner at our house once a week. Then the guys would clean up the kitchen and I taught Kim to quilt. I helped her learn the basics and then she inspired me to be more creative. The ideas flying through her head always amazed me. They still do. So I got her bundle. Actually, I got Trish's, too, and Kim bought them both for me for my birthday in January. I decided to make both of them in the style of me. I love super scrappy. And Squarey has been a favorite of mine ever since Kim made a Squarey quilt for her bed many years ago. So Squarey it is for the Kim bundle. 

Then, because I could and I love textural add-ons, I added a tree. I used multiple fibers and twisted them together and stitched them down to a foundation, cut it out and sewed it on.

And I thought it should have a squirrel (or three), so I cut some out from the squirrel fabric in the bundle and fused them on.

In the interest of full disclosure, here's the rest of the story. I originally hung this quilt the other say so it had a branch coming across from the right instead of a tree. I took photos and was playing with them when I decided that I liked it turned this way better. It meant removing a couple of smaller branches that would have been too low on the tree when turned this way. I also had to cut away the hanging sleeve and add a new one to a different side. And I had already fused down the squirrels. I heated them up with the iron and pulled them off. I wasn't sure how it would work, but it was fine. There was only one spot that I ironed with a paper towel over it to remove the excess stickiness. A quilt is never finished until it's finished, after all. 

Created by Diane Lapacek in rural Poynette, WI.

35" x 27"