Jungle Abstractions quilt: The Lion
 

This quilt was a real challenge for me. I am ready to toss it in the trash. When I am really frustrated by a quilt it gets thrown in a closet for a few months until I am ready to take it out of "time out" and look at it again. This one is heading to that closet.

Pattern is Jungle Abstractions - The Lion by Violet Craft. It is paper pieced and quilted on my DSM.

I have never done any quilting accept SID, so I learned a lot about tension issues and the challenge of keeping lines straight. Squaring up a quilt with no blocks was also a first for me. I'm still not sure it is very square, but it is done and I am moving on.

Last pic is of my backyard, I love the summer flowers.

Elise

This is a handsome quilt! I think you did a great job and the design is cool, to get all the shadings and shape of the face…
Good for you to tackle something this complicated!

Your lion quilt is stunning! The eyes really draw me in. I've had quilts that got the "time out" closet. It happens, and then I have a change of heart--or not--and by pure grit finish her and then love her when she's all quilting and bound and washed.

Your backyard looks like a plot of paradise!

Great quilt and beautiful flowers!

Elise! This looks finished! Even bound! It's amazing and you should not time out it!

Love your flowers and your quilt. You may be frustrated with it, but it looks amazing!

You did a great job and love your flowers

A fearless quilt if ever I saw one. You did a wonderful job. Be proud.

oh wow! Amazing quilt. It may have frustrated the snot out of you, but gosh how beautiful it turned out. You've got guts, I can't paper piece at all.

Great quilt and you did a fine job of quilting it! Love your flowers. I also love my garden!

Love, love, love it!! Congrats for getting it completed. I just finished one that I tossed into a box 3 years ago and really like it now. Always an accomplishment to finish one that you gave up on. It is beautiful and you did a great job with the quilting. My son (who is a Leo) would love it, thank you for sharing. Your flowers are very pretty too.

What a great quilt. I have 2 unfinished tops in my closet right now that I don't even want to finish. Some day I'll get my DD over to help me as she's always an encouragement to me. I love your summer garden & wish mine looked like that.

It looks great to me!! Love your quilt and your yard is lovely!!

That is gorgeous! I looked at all her patterns, she has some cool stuff. Just wait, in a few months you will pull this one out and love it as much as I do!

Wow - it looks great!

Your quilt it great, the flowers in your yard I don't have words to describe, i will use beautiful but it is more than that. please pm. me and tell me the names of the flowers. Thank you Josie

It is beautiful!!!!

Don't be so hard on yourself; it is beautiful and quilting is too. Be proud of your accomplishment; been there myself so know what you mean.

I love the quilt and you garden.

Excellent job on the quilt - I love those patterns, the elephant one is cool too! Beautiful garden.

When Mr. Lion comes out of the closet you are going to see what we see - he is MAGNIFICENT!
PS The garden is lovely - and peaceful after your sewing ordeal - lol.

beautiful, absolutely stunning!!!

very nice!!!

WOW! He's perfect! Just gorgeous!

Watson

Oh my, Please don't wrinkle that quilt in the closet. It is just gorgeous. Take good care of him. it is just perfect.

Beautiful quilt. You did a great job and love your flowers.

I LOVE your quilt!... and your garden. I'm sure you'll appreciate it more in a few weeks. That's quite an accomplishment.

Wow, this is stunning!

wow. He just seems to pop off the quilt. I am sure someone will be so happy you finished this quilt.

You have done an amazing job! Well done. I love it!

Your lion is awesome....also love that garden/flower picture:) So serene.

What an amazing quilt. You did a fantastic job.

That is a beautiful quilt! I don't know what it did to deserve time out, but you did phenomenally!! Nice greenery too!

Please don't put Leo in time out, he is beautiful!!! As is your garden!

Your quilt is amazing, and so is your yard. That is my kind of yard with all the flowers that way. :)

pretty garden. Love your lion and the colours you used.

That turned out to be a fun quilt. I know you are glad you finished it. Some quilts aren't meant to be squared.

Amazing,Love it. BrendaK

Oh, wow, great lion!