Wild Critters Finish For The Birthday Boy

Our little guy turned 2 this week! Hard to believe because I have felt like he was 2 for months now.  I started the quilt kit from Connecting Threads over a year ago and thought that it was time to finish it.

The critters are so cute and these are the kind of wild animals we see all of the time.  I didn't have to brain power to come up with a more unique quilt plan.  I am happy with this one though!

It utilizes some beautiful chambray tonals (not sure they are available in chambray or not anymore).

I love the way you can see all of the beautiful colors even in the scraps from squaring up all of the half square triangles!

I used these same animals for the baby soft book I made for a friend and for us too!

So many quilts from the back look like stained glass to me.

And here is the kit top mostly assembled!

I knew that I wanted to make it bigger somehow to allow my kiddo to use it on a twin bed someday. So after adding the half square triangle border and the cream border I used some of the dark green chambray tonal I had for a large border.  I used a coordinating fabric from the line, that I used here, for the corner sections.

I ordered an extra panel of the animals when I bought it and so I decided they were the best way to extend the length enough.  That meant more animal Anvil Blocks. It made finishing the top make a bit longer but I am so glad I went that way now that it is complete.

Recently I ordered a yardage of Connecting Threads Floofy material, think minky, without a plan for it.  I decided this was the place to use it.  I am loving the feel of a nice, soft backing these days!

I loaded it up on Miss Vivian and got started.  It was also my opportunity to use the new Madiera thread my husband ordered for me.   I always tend to use what I have whether it is the right thread or not and Miss Vivian is NOT a fan of just any old thread.  This new thread worked so well!  Hurray for finishing the quilting without the headache of tons of broken thread!! I did a simple allover meandering pattern.

Both of my boys are getting over a cold and took lovely long naps this afternoon.  That is a rare thing for my 5 year old for sure.  It gave me just the time I needed to finish up the binding of this quilt today.  When little man woke up we had fun looking at all of the animals. So precious!

Here is a full view of the completed quilt!  I ran out of my cream fabric so the one border has the coordinating fabric in it as well.  Not too bad!

 Alissa

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