I can't believe I turned this pile of material into a quilt!! On one of my many trips into Joann Fabric's, I ran into this super cute dinosaur fabric and couldn't resist buying. It was a more expensive fabric, and I contemplated it for a bit, but knew that if I didn't get it, I would regret it. Gavin has a passion for dinosaurs right now and I knew it would be super cute on his little bed at my house. I bought the dinosaur fabric, and then went back later to find the fabric for the back of the quilt and the binding. I had a few different ones in the cart before I settled on the ones I got. I had the fabric at home for a bit before I finally decided to dive in and get started on the quilt. Once I got started, I couldn't stop. I know it isn't perfect, but I think it's perfect, especially for my perfect little guy Gavin. I used the tutorials from
Prudent Baby,
Sew 4 Home, and
Diary of a Quilter that I found on Pinterest.
I started with these 4 piles of fabric and fleece.
I cut each piece to the size I needed and then layed it out on the living room floor, smoothing each piece as I went. When I got all three pieces layed out and straightened to my liking, I safety-pinned it in a few spots to hold it in place while I sewed it together.
I had a little help along the way too!
After pinning everything, it was time to head to the sewing machine. I was going to sew around each block and realized then that there was ALOT of blocks on this quilt, and alot of fabric to keep cramming through the machine, so I decided to sew around every four blocks. That worked out much better!
After I was finished machine quilting it, it was time to add the binding on. I had a few problems with the binding, but finally found my niche and everything took off smoothly from then.
And here is the finished product...all sewed together. I even washed and dried it and it didn't fall apart.
