Oink Doodle and Moo

I made this quilt in the spring of this year.  If I remember correctly during a weekend blizzard when no excuses were needed to stay in orders and hibernate. The fabric is by Jenn Ski and called Oink a Doodle Moo.  It has a strong agricultural theme as I overheard one quilter say which means it is a farm print.  Just up my alley. It’s in strong primary colors and a perfect quilt for a little boy.  

 

The pattern is from Camille Roskelleys book and it came together wonderfully.  I used a layer cake of this and found that I had enough left over I could make another quilt, which I will call Oink a Doodle Moo Remix.  I will show you that shortly.  I ran out of fabric for the background shortly after starting, then was on exercise and had to move so it’s taken until now to get re oriented. 

The quilting is done by Arlene of course and you could tell she had fun with this one.  The stitching is in green thread and is simply a wavy pattern on the black with grass tufts every few inches.  In the blocks I had asked her to write the sounds that you would hear on the farm, like oink…..

I bound the quilt in a multicolor dot on black which brings the whole thing together.  It took a lot longer than I normally expect to finish this one. I  have a pile now of year old quilts that are waiting for their bindings to be stitched down. I don’t like to machine sew the binding even if it is faster as I don’t like the look so for now they are piled up waiting for Christmas leave period to get done.

Oink a doodle Moo Quilt Top

Well the long weekend was good for something other than being on duty. I was able to cut up the layer cake of fabric I picked up in May when I was home in Victoria. When I saw the Oink a Doodle Moo fabric from Jenn Ski I thought it would make a perfect quilt top for a baby boy.  Perhaps a themed nursery that uses the farm theme? 

The pattern that I choose was from Camille Roskelleys books, called Simple Retro.  The pattern is called Framed and is a wonderful way to use up the layer cake pre cut.  It shows off pieces of fabric with its 7 inch squares. The way the blocks are arranged gives a secondary pattern of the cross which makes the whole quilt quite stunning.

I decided to do the quilt up with a black background rather than the white as it thought it would reflect the colors better.  It also reminded me of freshly tilled black dirt. As for quilting, I think the I will go for something that is loopy and meandering across the quilt.