The first itieration of this layout had red and lemon yellow, and dark blue. Then we found out that Leena was slated to be a girl, and the purple and pink fell into place.
The larger faces are very lightweight cotton weave. I was puzzled with how they would hold up next to the denim, so I lined each with a layer of white.
I made a cardboard window template to fussy cut the smaller denim blocks. There was a lot of waste, but I am pleased with how the blocks turned out.
I agonized about not having the same character more than once in the same line.
Having quilted Tannith's first, this time, I researched various wall stencils, and came up with a pattern I was pleased with. See the history for a close up on the quilting, and binding.
I made the binding from a 10 inch wide strip of bias cut flanel. I love the baby animal foot prints. 3 layers thick, then sewn to one side, folded over, and topstiched on the other side. Amazingly, I still haven't conquered bindings, and I used the same stich / fold / stich technique on my latest quilt.
(close up of the quilting, and then a close up of the binding)
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