Its been quite a while since my last post but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy!!
I discovered a lovely pattern by Elizabeth Hartman called Dinosaurs and as the large full size quilt was a bit big for me, I chose to make the smaller version which is only 48" x 48"
I selected an array of colourful batiks which I arranged against a Navy Blue background. Perfect for either a boy or girl as a play quilt.
The pattern was not a complicated one but it did require organisation. The first step was to cut all the strips of both the background Navy and the colourful batiks for each type of dinosaur and sort them into plastic bags. I needed two different colours of each dinosaur, of which there were 4 types: Brachiosaurs, T-Rex, Triceratops and Stegosaurus. There were also 3 different type of plants: Fern, Vine and Cycad
| T-Rex, cycad and fern |
| Stegosaurus, fern and cycad |
| Triceratops, fern and vine |
The assembly was easy as the whole quilt top is straight line sewing. Very clever how the dinosaurs take shape and they come together quite quickly. Once each dinosaur block is assembled, you then piece the quilt top together and then onto the quilting.
I had fun deciding on the quilting patterns for each dinosaur and of course, the background. I changed thread colours for each dinosaur and background.
Background: Free motion swirls and pebbles
T-Rex: Free motion Baptist Fan
Stegosaurus: Wavy Ruler work
Triceratops: Clamshell Ruler work both horizontal and vertical
Brachiosaur: Free motion Cobblestones
Plants: Straight line Ruler work
Border: Angle Striped Ruler work
| Clamshell quilting |
| Cobblestone quilting |
| Wavy Ruler work |
| Angle Strip Border |