I've finished ny rainbow monkey quilt. It is absolutely massive and although not king size, it is not far from it. My son, Benjamin complained continually last year of his blanket being too short and that he needs a bigger quilt. I still need to buy him a queen size doona but have made this for on top of his bed
This evening after work I drove half an hour to get to this ramshackled building. We drove past it on the way to blackberry picking last week and I commented to Richmal that it would make a great place to hang a quilt. As it is, it is not quite high enough to accommodate the whole quilt but it looks great in the sunshine anyway.
Let me tell you I was a naughty girl getting these shots. There were very clear signs saying keep out but I think its more to stop people from hurting themselves in the dilapidated mess of the building interior. Anyway I tore a good pair of jeans on the barbed wire fencing - oh well - the things you do in the name of art!
The other side of the quilt in the making, hanging over the chair.
Standing on the top of the ladder to get the whole quilt in shot
I made this quilt in strips. I sewed one strip of monkeys together then quilted them to wadding and backing and then utilized quilt as you go techniques to piece the strips together. It was very manageable under a regular sewing machine and not at all impossible to piece together. If you wanted you could get quite fancy with you machine quilting with relative ease.
