April 26, 2008 - Caterpillar bags

I had so many scraps of the caterpillar fabric that I decided to make 2 bags, one for each of my nieces. I think they turned out really cute.

April 19, 2008 - Finished

I'm calling it finished, but I just have to sew a label onto the back and run it through the wash. I am so glad I ordered additional border fabric. I like the food borders so much better.

Now onto my husband's quilt.

Karen

April 13, 2008 - Updated Caterpillar borders

The additional border print has arrived and I have attached it, a much more attractive look. I have the back pieced and I am ready to layer, quilt, and bind. I am hoping to finish it by this Wed when I am in the classroom next. The kids were so cute last week. I had taken the "defective" top to hang till the new fabric came. They have become quite attached to it and when I took it down, they all said, "Good bye, quilt."

March 31, 2008 - Moving along to the next project

While I wait for the additional caterpillar fabric to arrive, I am starting the quilt for my husband to hang on his office wall. There used to be a door between his office and another office, but it has been closed off. This quilt will cover the old doorway.

He wanted something with burgundy and I chose a dark blue and a tan color to accent. My favorite color combination. The pattern is an Ohio Star with dark blue sashing; it will be 4 blocks wide by 10 blocks long.

March 30, 2008 - The crosswise food fabric

Here's the quilt with the crosswise cut food fabric.

Can't you just see how busy that border is? I can just see in my mind how much better it will look with borders that are a whole row of all those foods the caterpillar ate through. Hope I'm not disappointed!

March 30, 2008 - 2 borders

Here is the quilt with the caterpillar border and the dots border.

I could, I should, be happy with this, put the binding on and be done. But no. I HAVE to have that food border stripe cut lengthwise.

Two local quilt shops did not have that fabric. So I have ordered it online and will take the partially completed quilt to school this week, then finish it after I get back from vacation.

March 29, 2008 - Ackkk!

I have come to the conclusion, like I didn't already realize it, I could never make a living designing quilts!

I've already taken the caterpillar quilt apart twice. This morning I was reading the RCTQ newsgroup and found out Andover Fabrics has a quilt pattern for the caterpillar fabrics.

I took a look, and realized I should have cut the assorted foods fabric *lengthwise* to take advantage of the built in stripe.

Thankfully the local quilt shop carries this fabric so this morning I am off to buy more fabric. It wouldn't be so bad but I am trying to get this quilt done by Tuesday when the class starts their Eric Carle unit and I leave town for a vacation.

No, I am NOT taking any sewing with me.