Hi Everyone,
I am pretty darn pleased with this top so far. So, I thought I would share it here with you. It still has the borders to go and the quilting. See what you think..... Oh it is on a blue design wall and is 56 x 56.

He's going to love it! Great job!

:-P Beautiful job there. I love colors. I am sure your hubby will be bustin with pride to have you make this for him.
Karen WV

Great job! It looks awesome!!!

Thanks girls! :D :D
I had to re-work the pattern dodie sent me. But, as long as I have a picture, I am able to do that. The finished blocks are seven inches. And the top and bottom arrows were added because I didn't like it stopping without them. And I eliminated four animals from the original design.
I don't have EQ so I took two copies of the pattern picture and cut one up and pasted the sections on to the second copy so I could see what it would look like changed to this way before I cut into the fabric. I also changed the block size, because the animals were too cramped at the size the pattern gave.

Hubby is thrilled! I would have never believed that he would care about a quilt. Strange .... :shock:

WOW

that quilt sure is sharp!!

That's beautiful Red - I love the animals! No wonder DH is pleased with it! :D

:oops: Gee thanks girls! I don't know if you remember, but I found the fabric for this in a second hand store. All but the grey was there. Well the line is long since out of print, so looking for the grey was a nightmare. I found this grey at Windy Moon Quilts, a fabric by marcus brothers. I am so glad the other fabric was unavailable. I love that print with it.

Love it!

What a fantastic quilt for your husband!! :D
I know he is going to treasure it forever.
You have done an excellent job making it.
:D :D :D :D :D

Your piecing is perfection!

Wow!! I totally agree!!! You did a really beautiful job on it!!! I think the fabrics are a perfect match too!!
Of course Hubby is thrilled - he's getting one of your creations of his very own, made just for him! :D :D

Wow!!!! I love it.

I really love that quilt top, Red! I love the colors and fabric. Doing it for your husband is a great idea -- I may have to steal that idea from you.

What a great quilt!
Love the animals!!

That looks great!!!

It is a great quilt!

And for all practical purposes, you (re)designed it yourself - with maybe a bit of inspiration from the original pattern. With all the changes you made, it's just about a new pattern. Nice arrangement of the animal prints and other fabrics.

Looks real good, so far. I can't wait to see it all finished. :D

Oh....And if hubby doesn't like it, let me know. I'll PM you my address and you can send it to me.

That is awesome. I love it!! :D

it looks absolutely wonderful sorry I didn't have more of the fabric to send you but on the other hand I'm not as your choices are great you did a very good job I love it
Dodie

Really nice! Your hubby is going to be bragging about you all over....and will be cozy and warm to boot!

Love the colors!

:wink: Thanks ever so much girls. Your very sweet to say all those wonderful things about the quilt top. Hubby keeps coming up stairs to see if I have finished it ....LOL! He has no clue that it will take a while to quilt it after I buy the batting.

You girls are right though about him bragging to the guys about it. He went out to run errands this morning and has told a few of his buddies about it, even his barber. Ha ha ha ha hahaha ha ... Who Knew? Gee I think he might be a little easier on me now when I buy fabric and such. I should have thought of this sooner!

Dodie .. A big special thanks for the pattern and the fabric. Even though I didn't use the fabric. I had everything but the grey. I will have to make something else to use up the things you sent. Gift bags?? Pillows?? Who knows. Anyway you are a dear to have sent it to me. Thanks so much. :D I was really stumped as to how to set this to show off those animals. And a compliment coming from a teacher is music to my ears.

Your piecing is fantastic and the colors are wonderful. I look forward to seeing it with the borders and quilted. You make beautiful quilts.

No wonder hubby is pleased, I love it!!

ooh very nice!

Thanks girls,
I am going to work on finishing up the top tomorrow. Then it will be a shopping trip to buy the batting.
I am looking forward to finishing it too. I bumped this one up from others I have waiting on me. :D

Really crisp and masculine design....no wonder he's so pleased! It never ceases to amaze me how talented the quilters on this forum are. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful!! He'll love it!!

This is beautiful. Makes me think of quiet hunting weekends at a cabin somewhere. I'm sure your DH is thrilled to bits. What kind of border are you thinking of adding?? How big will it be all done?

I have been thinking about it this afternoon. I am gong to just finish it up with a five and a half inch border with the blue as cornerstones (per hubby's request). This will make it finish at 66 and a quarter inch square. A little big for a wall hanging, but I have a space to put it. Now I am going to have to think about the quilting designs where and what I want and how it will relate to the qult as a whole.
I have a feeling this one should take me some time to finish...

It is so pretty and is such nice work, your husband is lucky
to get such a nice gift from you and I'm sure he will be so proud of it !!!

Fantastic! I love the design!

That's a great looking quilt -- hubby is just gonna love it! :D

that is beautiful and if he doesn't like it you can send it my way!

Beautiful work. The colors are great, and the piecing is perfect. My hubby would love this one -- blue is HIS color. Good job. :thumbup:

I love it, of course anything with wolves I'll love ;)
Hubby is right to brag to all his buddies you've done an awesome job :)

:-) Thanks so much ladies! I am working on getting it finished up. I will post it after it is finished and quited.

Oh that is really pretty (well a guy wouldn't say that) but i do.

My husband would LOVE this! It is great!

Thanks you renee and Lisa! :D Have a great day sewing tomorrow everyone!