Squirrels!!!

Ta-da! Really chuffed to have finished this squirrels quilt for Master 4. It;s fresh, bright and yet, won't show the dirt! Hahahaha.

And it's his favourite colours. 

Even the back turned out to be pretty trippy with the mix up of pieces from the $5 doona cover cut up.

Most importantly, my little boy is sleeping under his big boy quilt made with love.

Joining

Eep! Eep! (or whatever noise squirrels make), I have finished the blocks and the joining has begun!

I might even have enough fabric to make a matching smaller quilt for his toddler bed.

Love love love the purplish, lime, whites and brights that are making this pop!

Is that my blanket?

"Mum, is that my blanket?"

Yes!! Woohoo!! Master 4 has already recognised that I am making his quilt. Music to the ears of a creatrix.

Every maker's desire is for the finished product to be enjoyed and cherished with as much delight as she had in the creative process.

This is an 11 inch square set out as a mini quilt sandwich with 3 layers: the back, the wadding and the top fabric. Once it's quilted as a mini quilt all the blocks are joined together to make a pattern.

See that funny little plastic thing? It's a quilters essential item. In the old days a quilter used a sharpened bone to mark straight lines for cross hatching, and that is where she would stitch.

This Hera marker is the modern day version of the bone. It's plastic, and shaped kind of like its predecessor. It marks a crease in the layers that isn't visible after stitching and if you make a mistake it steams out with the iron. I haven't found anything I like better for marking quilts in my 24 years in crafting them.

Creating 9 of these little squirrel blocks is today's project. I'm so happy that 4yo is already going "nuts" over it.

Squirrel quilt

First peek at the QAYG pallette for my 4yo. I asked if he liked the squirrels, he said yes, so I pulled fabrics to go with it, and so excited to start!!

Will cut the backs and batting for the blocks next.