Puppy Strings

I finished this quilt on Wednesday, I’ve just been too busy (and tired) to take a photo of it. This picture isn’t that great but, it’ll have to do. 😉

I don’t do needle-turn applique very often but I decided it was worth the effort for this little sleeping puppy.

The only fabric I had to purchase for it was the green “grass” lower outer border. I wanted him to look like he was outside and it just wouldn’t have been the same with a plain green. I had just the right brown ombre fabric to get different shades from it for his ears, face, and the spot on his back.

I chose to use a blue/green print for the center strip of the string blocks flanked by a solid blue on one side and solid green on the other. I ‘m really happy with that choice because I think the end result gives definition to the blocks.

I’d seen a photo somewhere, probably Pinterest, a long time ago of quilt with a puppy on it. I’m no artist but I drew him from that photo the best I could.

I enlarged the drawing on an Office Depot copy machine, and made a couple of copies so I could cut the pieces out for the individual parts.

Quilting over applique always gives me pause. I’m never quite sure if I want to do it or, try to quilt around it. Because I hope a kid falls in love with this one and drags it around, it may get washed a LOT. So, quilting over the applique to make sure it was well secured and none of my hand stitches came out felt like the best option.

My patriotic string top got pieced this week too and it’s ready to be quilted. It’s the one I mentioned at the end of this post last week.

I had 4 tops to quilt for my guild’s outreach program first. The patriotic string top will be up next. In the meantime, I’ve started a new one – with Kaffe Fassett strings. Even Sam looked at the blocks I was making and said “that’s pretty wild”. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Hope it turns out the way I have it pictured in my head… you just never know until you try!

You can see a few more of my String Quilts by clicking on the link.