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This is finished except for the binding! It is for my grandson's 3rd birthday....his first "big boy quilt"!
There are no two jar fabrics the same, thanks to many people here on this site! I had about 13 fabrics that I had found, but I put a call out on this board for people who wanted to trade bug fabrics and I got an OVERWHELMING response! :) This is machine pieced and machine quilted. It is a big twin size. I'm trying to turn over a new leaf and not point out all the flaws in my quilts so I will not say anything negative about the quilt, but I will say this...FMQ is NOT my forte! That is why I hand quilt...because I'm better at it and it's "easier"...ie, I don't like fighting with the quilt to get it through the arm in my machine. My machine must have a REALLY small opening because it's all I can do to get quilts squished through it! :( Along with the pieced blocks, I added some embroideries to the top before quilting it! :) front...72 jars in all! [ATTACH=CONFIG]157663[/ATTACH] pieced back [ATTACH=CONFIG]157664[/ATTACH] |
That is awesome!!!
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Very cute, I love the bug jar quilts. Thanks for sharing with us.
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I love it.
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Totally awesome You did a great job
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awesome bug jars
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He's going to love that!
Great job! You can send the leftover bug fabric to me! |
Wonderful bug quilt! I love it!
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Awesome quilt. Your grandson will love his big boy quilt.
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Your bug jars quilt is very cute and so perfect for your little guy.
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What a perfect quilt for a little boy!!! :D
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This is one of the mosts unique quilts I've seen, gonna have to make one for the youngest grandson. Did you get your bug fabrics on line thru a swap?
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Love them!
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Wow, 72 different jars. What a great gift.
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Love that quilt! My DGS would love it too. I love your embroidery work too. Did you use a pattern? Would you share pattern info? Thank you for any info.
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Brilliant...love the little creatures along the shelves too....loads to see in this one. This is a beauty!
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That is absolutely adorable! I think the embroidery is a great addition. Good job.
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Really like your quilt. Have looked at the bug jar quilts often but haven't made one yet. Love the embroidery you added. Makes neat little hidden treasures on the quilt. Great job and thanks for sharing.
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Originally Posted by Snorky Lvs2Quilt
Love that quilt! My DGS would love it too. I love your embroidery work too. Did you use a pattern? Would you share pattern info? Thank you for any info.
http://bugjarquilt.blogspot.com/ However, instead of having them "floating" I didn't add the bottom piece and instead cut a 1.5" sashing to look like a bookcase shelf and then added a 2.5" border all the way around to look like the outside of the bookcase. Hope this helps. |
Wonderful quilt! He will have so much fun looking inside of each jar!!!
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Adorable...i have this pattern I need to dig it out and make it for my sons birthday
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Originally Posted by aorlflood
Originally Posted by Snorky Lvs2Quilt
Love that quilt! My DGS would love it too. I love your embroidery work too. Did you use a pattern? Would you share pattern info? Thank you for any info.
http://bugjarquilt.blogspot.com/ However, instead of having them "floating" I didn't add the bottom piece and instead cut a 1.5" sashing to look like a bookcase shelf and then added a 2.5" border all the way around to look like the outside of the bookcase. Hope this helps. |
Wow, it is so cool! What an awesome gift. I know your grandson will just love it!!!! :thumbup:
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FANTASTIC!!! I just love this quilt! I hope to make some jar quilts--canning jar, bug jars and candy jars. Your grandson is getting a gorgeous quilt!
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That is fantastic. He will love ti for years to come!
Great job of finding so many "bugs". |
What an awesome quilt. I love it. Anybody would be so delighted to get it. You have one very lucky grandson.
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What a lucky young man. This is beautiful and what fun he will have with this.
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That's a lot of bugs! Nice work on the quilt.
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I LOVE what got "loose" - so adorable!
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LOVE IT!!!
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Awesome job.. Love the embroidered/appliqued critters..
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Awwww I see my fabric I sent you!! How cool is that!!!! I wonder what it takes to start a swap on this board, I would LOVE to do a swap for this!! Anyone else interested??
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WOW thats great my grandsons would love that...hmmm maybe 2011's birthday quilts
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Adorable!
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What a great quilt for a little boy. I'm sure he loves it & so do all his friends. They are so special when they are unique to the child. I did a smaller version, actually, I Spy jars a number of years ago for the grandchildren. The older ones are now 6,7,8 & 9, but the youngest is just over a year now so we are still enjoying this little quilt & learning colors, shapes & so much more. Love our time playing & snuggling with this special little quilt which stays at my house.
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WOW!! what a fantastic quilt for a little boy, it is just adorable, what a great job you did, thank you for sharing with us
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I really like this quilt, it is marvelous - nice work on all of it!!
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How perfect this is for any little guy! Your DGS will enjoy this for a very long time. Only you see mistakes or something not perfect because I think it is just perfect as it is. And I am with ya about preferring to handquilt. Takes so long but worth it in the end for me. Otherwise I am ready to toss it all out the window. Great job & good job on finishing it.
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Love the bugs. Great idea your embroidery machine....
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I get all excited when I run across Jar quilts. I have one in the collecting stage for my grandson who will be three this september. This is adorable. I love the little creatures you've added. (btw: I think using your machine for the fmq was a stroke of genius ~ it will help it pass the grandson test; and, maybe even, the greatGrandson test!)
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