New Start - Roarin' Lion Quilt!

Hi everyone, 

Dave and I are off to Ireland and England for three weeks; but before I go I wanted to make my grand-nephew, Rory, a baby quilt.

I thought lions would be appropriate as his name is Rory.

Having never made a three yard quilt before I thought that this would be the perfect opportunity. 

A lady on Facebook posted a picture of her quilt and 

the link to find the free pattern.  

It is called Twin Star Quilt by Caroline at SewCanShe.com.

Caroline has an in-depth tutorial with all the instructions on her website.

I found the website and set up my iPad

 on the kitchen counter where I often cut fabric.

Hmmmmm......

It seems I bought more than one yard of the focus fabric.

I can't remember what I was thinking - 

perhaps binding or backing?

The focus fabric is called Cocos Wildlife 

and it is a Danish Design by Stoffabrics.

Chain sewing the first triangles....

Nicely pressed and ready to be put together.

I have a pad of paper taped to my sewing machine 

to help with the ¼ inch seams.

Hmmmm....

So much for the perfect 1/4 inch seam.

Lots of trimming was needed to make the blocks 4½ inches square.

This is a great pattern.

No need to match a lot of seams.

Coming together beautifully.

Sewing the brown border on.

This is my set up in the garage.

I've added four ½" x 6" x 12' boards to extend the width of the table.  

Spray basting makes the layering go quickly.

Dave, as always, was a great help.

 

All quilted...

time to trim off the excess.

When making the binding I didn't join the pieces with a straight seam;

I butted the two pieces together and sewed on the diagonal.

I forgot how much extra fabric this way takes.

Looks like a lot of binding.  

But is it enough?

No!!!!!

I was short by about 6 inches.

Luckily I had lots of extra fabric.

Ta Da!!!

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And a few pictures of Goldenrod from my walk.

Who knew so many insects lived on one plant?

And last but not least...

hexies everywhere.

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My husband, Dave, added the following 

after helping me add the pictures as a block rather than individually to this post:

"My husband is the best. 

He is very patient because I am not good with computers. 

Sometimes I yell at him and he does not deserve it."

I hope you are enjoying the lovely September weather.

Ireland here we come!

Bye for now,

Quiltingly yours,

Pam