Wild Little Monkeys

Wild Little Monkeys

81 x 97

I forget how many of these little 5 inch Monkey Wrench blocks are in this quilt.  I miscounted twice. 

I made blocks in the RSC color of the month every month last year.  I used scraps in the designated color plus a lighter, usually neutral, scrap for the HSTs and then picked through the 1.5 inch scraps for the rest of the block. 

I didn't do any fussy cutting but it's kind of amazing what will show up in a tiny 1 inch center square. 

I think I need this kind of quilt during the long dreary days of winter. This type of quilt, lots of different fabrics and different colors, works as a great anti -depressant.  It also keeps us warm since our house is heated by wood heat which sometimes goes out in the night.

I quilted it on my DSM with spirals in light green machine quilting thread.  The spirals don't really look like spirals in this picture now that the the quilts is washed and crinkly but that's what the quilting is supposed to be - spirals.  And a colorful quilt needs a colorful backing and binding. 

I can now check another UFO off of my list!! Wooohoo! 

Linking up to:

Can I Get A Whoop, Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

WIPs Be Gone at A Quilting Reader's Garden

Oh Scrap at Quilting is More Fun than Housework.

This was one of my goals (#8)  for First Quarter Finish Along. 

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At the end of the month I'll link up to Julie's Binding Blitz