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there are quite a few blogs out there worthier than mine, simply because they are a bit more consistent in their posting frequency. but you'll see that I have a few things to be proud of, dabbling in quilting, and other needle arts.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Bug Jar quilt for my cousin's baby
















I've been doing a lot of quilting projects lately, not enough blogging. Here's a little something to celebrate.

A few years ago, 4+, I started collecting fabrics for a bug jar quilt, hoping to also learn foundation piecing for the frog, bug, lizard, and other critter in the critter quilt. Alas, the foundation piecing was a bust for me, perhaps to be taken up again in the future. Then, number one son, who was the intended recipient, decided he was too old for the bug jar concept. He wanted Star Wars. And maybe the bug/frog/lizard quilt could be for the new baby coming in our family. Sigh.

So there it sat, for a few years, a completed top, but no more energy on my part. Then, a few months ago, my cousin and his wife found they were expecting, and nicknamed the little one "Baby Bugg". Aha!

With some unsewing, and a bit of restructuring, the quilt was definitely getting somewhere, and soon!

The label is from "Make Your Own Quilt Labels!" from Kim  Churbuck.  I used fabric markers to color it in, after I traced it.

Thanks to my Auntie, who helped deliver the quilt to the new baby. I was hoping to not have to mail the quilt. The young ones, Grandma, and I drove out to SD to visit said Auntie, then she drove out to CO to visit the new grandbaby. Nice when things work out!

7 comments:

  1. Thanks! It was fun, but definitely a labor of love. It sat for a long time, waiting to be finished, but after I found the perfect recipient (or I should say he came along), my energy was renewed! I love when that happens.

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  2. Love it so much. Gonna make one for my son

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  3. where can you get a pattern for it?

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    1. I think I got my pattern from ebay. It includes paper piecing, but I never got the hang of it. The jar piecing is easier.

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  4. Too funny, the story. I made a bug jar and a frog jar quilt for my neice and nephew respetively, and had to laugh as I used many of the exact same fabrics you used:
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/lmivanov/finished%20quilts%20not%20rag/bugjar.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/lmivanov/finished%20quilts%20not%20rag/bugjar.jpg

    I am quilting the bug jar now. I made it back in I think 2003, and it got "lost." My niece turns 11 on Monday.

    Regards,

    Linette Greene
    Montana

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    1. Linette, I love your quilt! The purple background is beautiful. Will you give it to your niece still?

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