Thursday, August 30, 2012

Friday Finish... John Deer!

I finished this fun little quilt! It is so cute..I can just see some little boy dragging it around!

I posted previously about the construction...it was made from a panel that was intended to be a book. So I just cut the pages apart and added some borders around each one and some John Deer fabric sashing ...easy peasy!

The backing is a John Deer flannel, so will be really cozy!
And as usual, though, I didn't have quite enough, so patched together all the little scraps!!
For the quilting I just did straight lines. Or to be more exact, I did squares around the pictures and borders....turn the quilt around a million times, drive me crazy squares !!!


Next time I will just straight line quilt straight across the whole thing! Live and learn!

This one is going to be for sale, so maybe someone will think of it as a good Christmas present!!

I am checking out TGIFF...this week over at Missy Mac Creations.....and see what everyone else got done this week!!
                                

11 comments:

  1. Lovely finish Flo. I know a few little boys who would love, love, love it. Thanks for linking up to TGIFF. :)

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  2. Great finish - and I see a label - yeah!

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  3. So cute! Love your fabric choices and the baking is perfect!

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  4. This will make some little boy very happy. Good idea to cut out some of the book panels.

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  5. Great quilt! It's really good idea for a book panel!

    I'm with you on the square quilting - it looks so effective but argh, frustrating to do!

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  6. Adorable quilt, Flo! Some little tractor fiend will be in heaven! I learned a tip this summer to minimize turning when doing straight line quilting -- use the reverse button and sew backwards. It felt totally weird for me at first, but I'm getting the hang of it and it's a big time saver.

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  7. even though we are anti-John Deere in this house that is still a really cute quilt!

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  8. What a fun finish, the fabric is too cute! =D

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  9. How cute!!! That will make a little boy VERY happy :)

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  10. It looks great! I'm not much for fussy quilting either. I usually fmq since it's fast and relatively easy. Have A great weekend!

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