Quilts of September #14

Creepy Crawlies

40 x 40

Just a little finish for today. 

A couple of years ago someone gave me a layer cake called Creepy Crawlies. Since I had never tried a Wonky Nine Patch block I decided to give it a try last year and made this top.

I had to add a few creepy crawly fabrics of my own in order to have enough blocks for a little baby quilt. I quilted it with swirls which seems to be my go-to for getting things quilted quickly on my DSM.  I had some spider web fabric for a binding. 

I had a little piece of that text print leftover from making some other creepy quilt for one of the grandkids but it wasn't quite enough so I had to add a piece with dragonflies. 

When one of my granddaughters was younger she had a fascination with bugs. She used to love to dig around in the backyard to see what little critters she could find. She may have even tasted a few and secretly may have kept a few as pets.  On the other hand my grandson and other granddaughter did not like to get their hands dirty - no jumping in piles of leaves for them! There might be bugs in there!

That's finish #14 for September!

My OMG (One Monthly Goal) is to see how many quilts I can finish in September.

And on to the next!

(How many will I finish in September????) 

Two Now Stacked, Whacked, Sliced and Topped

 Back on April 26 I posted about four quilts I was working on using stack and whack/slice and dice techniques.   I now have two tops completed. 

Large Hourglass Quilt

63 x 84

 A few years ago I was gifted a package of 11.5 inch squares.  I stacked them and cut on the diagonals and sewed them into Hourglass blocks. And then into a top. 

 And now I have a nice sweet donation quilt top. I think I may have a nice sweet sheet I can use for the back. 

 And now for a top that is not so sweet. 

Critters

42 inch square.

 This was made from a gifted package of 10 inch squares of bugs and other critters. 

Wonky Nine Patches

Stack two contrasting squares face up.

Make two vertical slices.

Swap center piece.

Sew together.

Iron toward darker pieces.

Stack two resulting pieces face up again.

Make two horizontal slices.

Swap center piece.

Sew together. 

This was quick, easy and fun to make.  I think I have the perfect piece of flannel for the backing.

Hey, I might even finish these sooner than later...UFO Prevention!!  

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