ALL FINISHED! Red White And Blue Denim Debut

"Sleeping Under The Stars" 

 Denim Charity Quilt

The top was finished in 2010

Then life took a stroll through many various trails

 of living with a family,

This treasure got folded up

 and laid in a pile somewhere in my sewing room.

  It was enough that the top was complete.

My attention deficit kicked in

and other FUN projects were started,

and in the very back of my mind I knew

 I wanted to tackle quilting this myself .

That took more than an ounce of motivation

 to push the start button and get started.

This is the second quilt that I have quilted

on my little sewing machine.

I am gaining in knowledge ....

 It is not perfection by any means

but perfection is far down the list of what makes a quilt loveable.

Now THE WHOLE QUILT

 is FINISHED!

And now I am going to overload you with pictures

of all of the

denim glory of this finished quilt.

It is a mixture of Denim, cotton, and flannel.

The back is flannel

It does have batting inside.

This quilt started with

The four corner blocks which were orphan blocks

that  needed a home where they could be loved.

My quilt guild sent them home with me and I was told to

"do something with them"

It was a challenge to make myself work with fabric

that I thought was a bit on the "ugly" side.

BUT now

When I look at the whole thing

I LOVE IT!

so here is my baby creation.......

perle cotton stars

blanket stitching around this appliqued square

appliqued stars and a true blue pocket

  anyone remember "MUDD" jeans?

Tied with perle cotton  for a touch of country charm

and a BOO BOO. 

 I marked the cotton blocks with a lead pencil

and then decided I did not want to quilt circles

 in those corner blocks.

The lead pencil  did not wash out  the best.

The fabric color is now faded  in those squares

from scrubbing ....

oopsie.

Cross hatching here

 just because one or two blocks might be a nice touch

and not make me crazy.

Here is one of the "ugly" corner blocks

  now beautified with the added stars.

(I love the skinny bars quilting in the border.)

Quilted stars matches the star blocks on the back.

Back of the quilt

Does anyone in america not love stars and stripes together?

loving .....loving......loving.....

 wondering how am i going to give this away????

stars and stripes

swoon.

pretending it can stay here....

I hope it is loved where ever it finds a home.

I think any child would love it.

I love it.....

and i am making another one for me

(and my grandchildren). 

  YIPPEE!

This quilt does not have a pattern  it was designed by me.

 Quilting was done with my walking foot

because that is all I know how to do. ; )

If you stopped by

I'd love it if you would

say hello down below : )

Hope you are staying cool on this summer day!

happy sewing trails to you!

Janita

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