The Hungry Caterpillar
Megan's third baby isn't due til mid April and I have lots of others things on the list that need finishing first but when some fabric scraps arrived from Milly after she had finished making her Hungry Caterpillar quilt I got all inspired to start mine.
Megan and I share a passion for children's books so what better than a quilt using the Hungry Caterpillar Fabric
Using my Idol for inspiration I decided to stop planning and designing and just go for it!
I cut up the panel into the three pieces (as they weren't sequential, like in the book and I just could stand that *blush*) re-arranged them and lay down the 'food' scraps to fill in the gaps.
Then I raided my stash and cut and sewed til they started looking well...wonky enough! I made three section and added a few sashing strips...and amazingly and totally unplaned it turned out square!
But not really big enough so what I want so I added some white borders and corner blocks in the caterpillar fabric.
Not at all like I had planned orignially but I'm happy with how it turned out....i think....I keep changing my mind as to wheather I like it or not...lol
I love it when after you have been working on quilt for awhile the floor looks like this!
I've cut some scrappy binding from the leftovers fabrics which should hopefully tie it all back together....DH thinks (in all his quilting wisdom *eye roll*) that the white makes it look 'washed out'. Do you agree??
I'm open to quilting suggestions too!!
Megan and I share a passion for children's books so what better than a quilt using the Hungry Caterpillar Fabric
Using my Idol for inspiration I decided to stop planning and designing and just go for it!
I cut up the panel into the three pieces (as they weren't sequential, like in the book and I just could stand that *blush*) re-arranged them and lay down the 'food' scraps to fill in the gaps.
Then I raided my stash and cut and sewed til they started looking well...wonky enough! I made three section and added a few sashing strips...and amazingly and totally unplaned it turned out square!
But not really big enough so what I want so I added some white borders and corner blocks in the caterpillar fabric.
Not at all like I had planned orignially but I'm happy with how it turned out....i think....I keep changing my mind as to wheather I like it or not...lol
I love it when after you have been working on quilt for awhile the floor looks like this!
I've cut some scrappy binding from the leftovers fabrics which should hopefully tie it all back together....DH thinks (in all his quilting wisdom *eye roll*) that the white makes it look 'washed out'. Do you agree??
I'm open to quilting suggestions too!!
Comments
I think the white looks fine but would consider using a dark brown or black as the binding. Then it would look like a framed picture... you know, matt border and dark wooden frame.
I was thinking a thin blue border then the white border - perhaps? but definately a bright binding :)
I do agree with Susan - I would prefer a coloured border over the white, then the three panels would stand out more. The photo before the white borders were added looks so much brighter.
But feel very free to ignore me. Either way, I think it is my favorite of all the VHC quilts I've seen!
I have to confess that I don't like the patterned corner blocks - I'd go for all white. The scrappy coloured binding sounds good - you could even make 'fat' binding - like an inch thick. That would help tone down the bright of the white :)