My Ladybug Lap Quilt
#1
I have been working on a ladybug quilt for my sister for quite some time(2 years) and decided that I should finish it, so my goal is her birthday. Her birthday is in September so I have a good head start. I used a 9 patch center and a D4P for the other blocks.
It is a lap Quilt the blocks were 15x 15 finished and the border is Red polka dots 1 1/2 inch. I found several lady bug prints and a few with lizards and other bugs. It was fun looking for the fabric! She collects ladybugs and will use it while she watches TV so I added a pocket for her remote control! ~I wanted to add a pocket for a book but too hard to decide how big to make it!
GailR made the label so I will add a picture of it when I get it... This was so fun to make.
It is a lap Quilt the blocks were 15x 15 finished and the border is Red polka dots 1 1/2 inch. I found several lady bug prints and a few with lizards and other bugs. It was fun looking for the fabric! She collects ladybugs and will use it while she watches TV so I added a pocket for her remote control! ~I wanted to add a pocket for a book but too hard to decide how big to make it!
GailR made the label so I will add a picture of it when I get it... This was so fun to make.
Ladybug lap quilt
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Remote control pocket
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Appliqued Ladybugs
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#8
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Location: midcoast Maine
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This is such a lovely present. It will be used and loved I am sure. It looks so snuggly and comforting. I am working on a wall quilt with applique blocks of flowers, bird houses etc--stuff you see in a garden. I had great difficulty finding any red fabric with black dots for the ladybug block I made. I ended up painting black dots on red fabric after hours of searching. Can you tell me where you bought that fabric you used for the ladybugs?
#9
Originally Posted by Mari
This is such a lovely present. It will be used and loved I am sure. It looks so snuggly and comforting. I am working on a wall quilt with applique blocks of flowers, bird houses etc--stuff you see in a garden. I had great difficulty finding any red fabric with black dots for the ladybug block I made. I ended up painting black dots on red fabric after hours of searching. Can you tell me where you bought that fabric you used for the ladybugs?
Marybeth
#10
Thank you all for the nice comments, I got the idea of the pocket on the quilt from one I made several years ago for a niece, it was a buzzy Quilt, it had pockets and buttons and zippers, really fun to make and intertaining for my niece who was pre school aged. I have been wanting to do another and now that I have a 9 month old granddaughter I am getting my ideas together for her Buzzy quilt.
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