A work in progress...what I need to finish is the binding. My first plan isn't working, so I'm going to try a scrappy binding. The quilt top is a pattern from Elizabeth at "
Oh, Fransson!". Look familiar? I posted a photo of the top in May, and lots of people have done their own version of this. This size uses 12 fat quarters, plus fabric for sashing, back, and binding. I loved putting the colors and patterns together so much, that I'll try a larger version sometime. The back is my own design, with the fox applique modified from a piece of clip art. I did the wonky scrappy strip & the fox, but it felt unfinished. Last week I hacked apart the back, adding in the two fabric strips. I'm much happier with the finished result.
I used a combination of zigzag and straight stitches in 3 thread colors. Why don't people use a zigzag when machine quilting? I thought it was a nice little twist. There's probably some huge reason why this is bad, like it will bring on the zombie apocalypse or similar.
Lint much? I hope the little guy cleans up all right.
