Hi Quilt Friends:
This is my most recent project...the Bug Jar Quilt was such fun to make and went together in a hurry. I have a new grand neice/nephew coming and will give the quilt to the grand if it's a boy. I have another "girly" quilt ready if the baby is a girl. The Bug Jar Quilt pattern is on the McCall's website where we found the Oct. 15 BOM.

Happy quilting!
Feathers

what a great quilt :!: :shock: :!:
i love the fabrics. you did a great job.

Thanks, Nana.
Feathers

Feathers...I've made one of these and you are right they are fun and fast to put together! My granddaughter loves her bug quilt! LOL

Yours is beautiful! Love the red lids!

That is just the cutest thing Feathers! I bet you had a lot of fun putting that together. It would be so much fun searching for the right fabrics!! Someone is going to love that quilt to pieces. :D

So cute!

What an adorable quilt... good job! :)

good job.....any child would love it,could play i spy with it lol.......very nice :D

That is cute :lol:

Yes! My kind of quilt; I call this work fabric happiness, as it's sure to bring a smile to who ever is looking at it. :thumbup:

Very Cute! Love the bugs in your jars and the bright colors! Any little one would love this quilt! :D :D :D

How adorable! I have this one on my list-to-do, and now I want to bump it closer to the top of the list! Sara

Had you already collected the "bug" prints? Your quilts are really pretty.

Soo very cute!!! You did a great job, and I bet a little girl would love it just as much!!

Hi Moreland:
I've been collecting the bug prints for about 2 years...always checking out the remnant tables to get the fabric bugs I wanted. I want to do one with food items in it...peppers, tomatoes, etc. as I want to decorate for our State/County Fair open competition building next summer. Now I'm looking for food fabrics that will look like canned goods for wall hangings.

Thanks to all for the nice compliments
Feathers

So very cute, and really neat idea for a little boy.

Found it. Very nice. Did you use the pattern for piecing or is it PP. I really like it :D

That is just the coolest quilt! I love it. You did a wonderful job on it!

This is such a great idea !! I love it ! How long did it take you to find all those bug fabrics :?: :?:

That is so cute!!! I love it! :)

Joyful:
I got lucky, I went to one place and they had a bizillion bug fabrics so I bought a bit of each then when I went to my quilt group I took my bugs to show my friends and several had little pieces of bug fabric left over from other projects so they contributed a block or two. It is a fun quilt, very, very easy and quick to make and I think it's darling.

:) Great job! I saw this pattern on About.com too. As for veggie prints,I just saw some on KeepsakeQuilting.com and there is a Farmer's Market collection by one of the fabric companies but can't remember which one. I made a tablecloth out of it for my mother in law who has a small farm. She loved it. Thanks for sharing your wonderful work.
judee

Very nice!

It's adorable and this grown-up would love it too!

Love it!

Very, very cute!

M

Great job! Very pretty.

that is sooo cute, can you please share the pattern with me??

HannasMom: The bug jar quilt block pattern:

htt://geocities.com/aljobritt/pattern2.html

If anywone makes this quilt don't forget to post pictures.

Judee: Thanks for the tip on the Keepsake site. I'll visit that site afterwhile to see what they have.

DonnaRae: I think I answered your questions about paperpieced or just pieced but incase I only think I answered you, this pattern is pieced.

[quote=Feathers]HannasMom: The bug jar quilt block pattern:

htt://geocities.com/aljobritt/pattern2.html

If anywone makes this quilt don't forget to post pictures.


The link was not working, maybe this one will?

http://www.geocities.com/aljobritt/pattern2.html

Very cool looking quilt, Feathers! Can I steal the food fabric idea? :twisted: I think that would be awesome!

Feathers, My mom just was to a quilt shop close out sale, (I missed it) bought some fabric with cucumbers, squash, corn, type fabrics also one with pumpkins, apples, peppers, type stuff on it they were selling all fabric for $1.00 a yard. Thes sale will also be next thursday and she said they had some left. If you are intersted I would need to know how much of (if any) you would be intersted in. I thought of you as soon as she showed it to me!! Let me know!!

Roben...no need to steal the idea. It's not my original thought, I found it on the net and the pattern on the net is free. Go for it and make sure if you make it that you post pictures.

Lorretta, She is making a jar quilt now with fruit. But she is using things you would not think would go in a jar, like bananas, and all all types of things. So you could do the same thing. Thread, scissors, needles, frabric, and more. If I think of more I will let you know. I think that would be a cute one. Do it. Make sure we get a picture. :D

bobbins, chalk, and if you can't find the fabric do applique. Neato.

Well I guess we will have to put the word out and start looking. If you really want to do one do like Sandy did and put in classified for fabric. I sent her what I had for fruit. I will look but I don't think I have any sewing fabric. But others may. You would be suprised what might come up. I think it would be and awesome quilt. :D

Terrible english and spelling. :( I meant post in classified what you are looking for and will pay. You won't need a lot for each jar. I would send you for free if I had any. I will still look and if I see any when I am out I will pick up, if you want. I hope the spelling is better this time. :D

I just had to edit again. I think my brain is thinking backwards today. :shock:

I saw a jar sewing quilt on line somewhere. (I think is was a jar, I could be wrong). If I remember I will let you know. Hey you could always make it different and do a couple of jars and then a machine or something. Just thinking off the top of my head. LOL, and that is not working very well this AM. :roll:

Oh yes! That would be awesome. Machine embroidery?