The Moose

Hi y'all
Of the four amigos, I am the shorty and the newbie to quilting.
Nanci, one of the other amigos is teaching me to quilt (lessons are unique since I live in Florida and she lives in Illinois....)
This is a picture of my latest endeavor. The credit for the cute assembly of the pattern goes to amigo Nanci. I did the button hole stitch and then quilted. Actually I did two of the Moose. The first one I did for my friend who won the hunting lottery last season and actually shot a moose in Maine on her first hunting trip. She gave me some of her moose meat and I gave her a wall hanging like this one except I included the date of her kill which was Sept. 19, 2008.

The Four Amigos

August 2009 News

August 19, 2009

Hi - I (Bonny) and three of my 5th grade classmates have created this blog.

We are made up of Bonny, Nanci, Paula and Robin.

We met while in 5th grade elementary in Alachua Florida.

We just got back together 10 years ago! We are now all in our 50's. How cool is that?

All of us are Grammies!

We will each write a mini info on ourselves.... but that is later!

I wanted to share today some pictures of the quilt I have made for my soon-to-be grandson,

Cole. I used the "Be A Man" series

from "FreeSpirit". I wanted to do

something different for the back -

so it ended up like this!

Here is the pattern:

I used 5 prints. I bought 5 yards, 1 yard of each print. At the time I wasn't sure what pattern I wanted to

make - and this pattern used almost

everything up! Which I love!!!

For the Top:

From your background (nuts and bolt) print cut:

9: 3.5" by 9.5"

18: 2" x 9.5"

18: 2" x 6.5"

From Prints 1, 2 & 3 (wrenches, be a man, and gears)

2: 3.5" x 9.5"

4: 2" x 9.5"

4: 2" x 6.5"

From Print 4 (hammers)

3: 3 1/2" x 9 1/2"

6: 2" x 9 1/2"

6: 2" x 6 1/2"

Take a 3.5" x 9.5" piece from your background print and sew on one of the same prints 1,2 & 3 to each side ( a 2" x 9.5" piece). Then sew on the top a 2" x 6.5" piece of the same choice.

Make 9 of these blocks.

Take a 3.5" x 9.5" piece from your prints 1,2 & 3 and sew on your background print to each side

(a 2" x 9.5" piece). Then sew on the top a 2" x 6.5" piece of the background print. Make 9 of these blocks.

Sew blocks alternating background block with print blocks.

Cut two 6.5" borders of the (tire print) the length of the quilt and sew on to each side.

Cut four 6.5" squares (gear print) for the corners of the borders.

Then cut two more 6.5" borders (tire print) to sew to the top and bottom of the quilt.

Sew the 6.5" squares (gear print) to the ends of the 6.5" border and sew to the top

and bottom of the quilt.

For the Back:

I took the remaining 'hammer' print and 'be a man' print and squared them up

and then sewed them together. I then cut them in half.

I figured out how much more print I needed for the back and then I took the 'tire' print

and 'nuts and bolt' print and sewed down the middle.

I used warm and natural batting. Bind as desired from remaining fabrics, I used the 'be a man' print.

Quilt as desired - we used a small stipple design. After finishing your quilt,

throw in the washer and dryer to get the fabulous crinkle look. This is the best part!