Kelly Girl Quilts: Cow Quilt

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Monday, October 24, 2011

Cow Quilt Finish!!

They're All Dalmations is finished! WOOHOO! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

FMQ

My old stand-by, straight lines.

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Hope you had a great Monday.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Stitching with a morning cup!

Up early and stitching with my morning cup, the herd is coming right along...

Started Here

Added flowers for the green background.

A corner of an ear peeking out.

Outside Border

Outlining

I'm about 2/3 done, and aiming to finish the herd by tomorrow.

Speaking of herds, my daughter's volleyball team travelled to another local high school for a match and look what was munching on the turf in front of the school, wild horses! About 6 of them right there with lots of people just going about their business, I snapped this out the car window. There was also 20 or so wild horses up on the hillside behind the school. The school mascot you ask? Mustangs, of course.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

They're All Dalmations

The cow quilt top is finished! So, here's the quilt's story involving my Mom and my son Andrew, then about 4 years old. Mom's Grandfather had a dairy and Mom, always fond of cows pointed them out to us as we drove. Mom, while driving along a country road, pointed the cows out to Andrew and he exclaimed in awe, "Grandma, they're all dalmations!" My son Andrew will turn 24 next month.

I went with the pink border, thanks to Mary Lou's suggestion!

I had made a couple of sections of red fence, and it just did not have that pop I was searching for. Pink was a great idea.

Originally, I planned to put "They're All Dalmations" in the border, but it just wasn't working, so I have decided to quilt it into the green background, maybe with a couple of moos. The final top measures 64ish" x 64ish". Remember it's a liberated quilt :)

Now onto quilting.... yikes. And don't tell Mom, it's her 72nd birthday gift. It might be a lil' late Mom. XXoo

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Fall Sunshine!

The cow quilt border is just about finished, phew, that took awhile! I tore out of the house to a football game this afternoon, and came home to this, it sure made me smile. The border is sewn on two sides...finishing the other two sides this evening. Can't wait to show you the finished top.

Can you believe it's October, already?

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Cow Quilt Update

The main part of the Cow Quilt is finished and it is G-R-E-E-N. Now I'm adding appliques and thinking about the border. I'm somewhat stuck, I have a bunch of ideas, but cannot find the color combination to make it pop. I'll keep it hanging there on the wall until something just right works.

a closer look:

Look closely, I snuck in a peace sign.

I remember reading in one of Mary Lou's books to make the border/frame first...

oops!

Friday, September 9, 2011

Making Fabric

Hi all, good to be back after a little break for real life, :). I have been making green fabric this week as the background for my Cow Quilt, which is my first "story quilt." I sort my scraps by color, (ok sometimes I sort them, usually I stuff them in the drawer and son Cort sorts them for me) so I pulled out the green bag and just start sewing them together. I also add from stashed fabric and bought a few new greens too just for fun! Here we go!