This is one of my favorite quilts. Although my tastes have changed and I'm not much of a pastel person anymore, I love the fabrics in this quilt. They are happy and they make me smile. My notes on this quilt are sketchy. I remember that I was fabric shopping with Marion at the long defunct Quilted or Not. They had just received a tower of these fabrics. I had to buy it. I'm glad that I did. I never saw these fabrics anywhere else again. I believe the fabric line was called Chanteclaire, but don't hold me to it.
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| LarryPug and Elvis show off the July quilt of the month. |
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| Here is what the quilt looks like without pugs on it. |
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| A close-up of some of the fabrics. |
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| This is how I did my border. I added a solid strip, then framed it with extra squares from the quilt. I also used the border fabric for the binding. I machine sew all my bindings. You may be able to see it in this photo. |
My notes on this quilt say: Started May 6, 2001. Top completed January 20, 2002. Quilted by Monty Haubold in August 2002. Completed January 13, 2007. I'm not sure what accounts for the long gaps but I do like to work on multiple projects at once. This pattern is called
Scrappy Bargello. I also refer to it as Scrap Wave or the 40 Fat Quarter quilt, although I typically use four more fabrics, so it is a 44 Fat Quarter Quilt. It is available for free on Bonnie Hunter's
Quiltville website, along with a zillion other free patterns. I'm currently making
one in tropical colored batik. I love making these.
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| Romeo declined to participate in the quilt of the month photo shoot. Here he is at the park this morning. Pretty good looking for 12 and a half! He's a happy boy now that we got rid of his nasty ear infection! |
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| This is what LarryPug would look like if he went to jail. This morning he was mugging from inside the batting cage at the park. |
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| LarryPug! He loves to be in the blog. |
Have a great day! This is Day 2 of my
Staycation. Linking up with
Freemotion by the River. Linking up on Friday to
Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Richard and Tanya Quilts and
Crazy Mom Quilts. Thanks for visiting!
Pugs and kisses,
Nancy
The fabrics in the collection are so pretty. I would have been extremely tempted to buy them also. I love your bargello and I'm not usually a bargello fan. It turned out so nice. Your pugs sure are the little hams!
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely quilt. I think the term for it would be low volume. Larry planning on going to pug jail soon? DH swears up and down that the chickens are planning a coup and learning to use the power tools behind his back.
ReplyDeleteLarryPug and Elvis seem to be getting practice for the August extravaganza Pets on Quilts - they look great!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt, Nancy! I love those colors - so soft and simple! Whoop whoop!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt; the pastel colours make it so restful.
ReplyDeleteI love the pastel colors! I tend to use a lot more brights, but eventually I need to make a pastel one. And LarryPug just adds to the cuteness!
ReplyDeleteOh this one is so soft and pretty. Larry Pug is such a personality!! Thanks for sharing at Tuesday Archives...I love seeing older posts!! :)
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