Bungle Jungle Quilt #2

Quilt 2 of 3 is finished! Again using the Moda Bungle Jungle line, I made a quilt for my nephew/godson Jake.  I also incorporated some of the brighter colors in a 9-patch design.  He's a little over 2 1/2 years old, so I made it larger than the first quilt I made for my 1 year-old nephew Silas.

I tried doing some free motion quilting, mimicking the oodles squiggle pattern in some of the prints.  It's a lot harder to do than one would think.  I look forward to practicing it more.

I was able to manage a heart in all of that squiggle mess I made.

The backing fabric is another print in the Bungle Jungle line.  I don't remember the name of it, but I luckily got 4 yards at the monthly end-of-bolt sale at Gina's Bernina for 40% off.  I have enough Bungle Jungle fabric left overall that I hope to make a quilt or two for Project Linus.

Here's a closer look.  I used a gray thread for the quilting.

I again did a machine binding, but this time, I found a way to join the ends that worked out better for me at: Fons and Porter.  I do wish I could figure out how to make the stitching that shows up on the back look more even.  It goes on and off of the binding.  I also plan to learn to hand sew the binding to the back, but the machine binding is really quick to do.

Two quilts down and one to go!  How are you doing on your Christmas projects with less than a week to go?

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Bungle Jungle Quilt #1

I'm trying to make 3 quilts for Christmas.  Yes, I know I've got less than 2 weeks left, but I finished quilt #1 last night - so time for a quick celebration!

Comprised of 5" charms (bought & hand cut) of various prints from the Moda Jungle Bungle line.  This is my second quilt ever, measuring 36 1/2 x 45 1/2.  I started piecing back in late summer and then stopped to finished the table runner and placemats featured in an earlier post.

Doing straight patchwork probably wasn't the best choice this early in my quilting endeavors, as I did quite a bit of ripping and re-sewing to get things to match up as best as I could.  The recipient's mother likes earth tones, so I stuck with the blue, green and gray prints from this line.

For the back I used the blue critter print and stitched in a ditch with a gray thread.  I did machine binding using the blue oodles prints and matching thread due to the time constraints.

I feel pretty good about how it turned out.  I wish the pictures were better, but it was very cold out this morning!  I'll replace them if I get a chance to do better.

Now on to finishing quilt #2, which is piece and pinned - ready to quilt!

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