Tannith's jungle animals - finished 1999 (45x60, calicos)

Tannith chose to cross her legs during the ultrasound, so this was a neutral quilt. The jungle animal print was the inspiration fabric. I figured I was only up to straight piecing, so the design was more based on the layout of the blocks. (okay, I can't find that aged, yellowed receipt, but I have the computer version of the design at the bottom of post).

This was the first quilt I ever finished (I bought the fabrics for Leena's first).

The quilting is very dense. Each block has a rectangular spiral, with each loop about 3/8 inch a part. I now know that quilting doesn't have to be quite that dense, but I do like the textured effect the spirals created. I can't remember how I bound it, and I don't have access to find out.

Tannith is very dear to me, and I am so glad that I created this for her.




A quilting history...

I will be taking you through my quitling journey from then to now. You can visit each quilt, and find out about the creative process involved, or you can find an overview in the Gallery, which has only one shot of each piece in their basic order of design.