Joan at Moosestash Quilting picks her own wonderful challenges, but sometimes they either stump me or scare the heck out of me. "Say What?" was a little of both.
Her challenge explanation: You can share a story, or show us a project or technique that you can't believe you tried. Or how about a quilty word project.
Years ago I hosted a blog hop for paper piecing stacked bowls that included lots of people (like around 150) and several from Germany. I had never paper pieced and I definitely did not speak any German. It was a real "Say What?" moment. I conquered the paper piecing, but not the German language.
I chose to make a quilty word project to meet Joan's challenge. Way back in my fabric closet, I had a container marked "Poky Puppy" that had been there a very long time. It was time to drag it out of the dark corner.
It was meant to be sewn into a book, but I went with making it into a quilt. I cut up all the blocks, added sashing, and it became a wordy quilt. With the addition of an embroidered name and red minky on the back, it's a sweet gift for my granddaughter. The timing was perfect because she came for a visit along with her brothers and mom. I was a happy grandma!
Dottie was quite happy to model for the camera and even did a little fake snoring.
The quilt is 50" x 50"
I drug out the module to embroider "Dottie"...that's a challenge in itself.
The blocks are so cute and almost exactly like the book.
Dottie needs the real book, too, of course.
Don't take away my desserts!
The minky was Dottie's favorite part of the quilt.
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Benartex is having a Virtual Fabric Show next week. I'd love to see your there!
Thank you for stopping by!
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