Another Zoo Quilt

I made yet another quilt using the Alexander Henry 2D zoo fabric. I'm not obsessed or anything. I can't help it! Everyone loves this fabric and when they see examples of it, they want one too. This is a Christmas present commissioned for a friend's daughter.

This measures about 40 x 40 and is quilted with small six inch star bursts to mimic the little flower shapes on the front. The backing is a cloud patterned fabric specially requested to match the little girl's room.

Blue Zoo

I finished L's baby quilt that she's giving to her new nephew.

I used the blue and green version of Alexander Henry's 2D zoo fabric for the front. It's so damn cute! I had previously made one out of the mostly primary colored animals a couple months ago. For the back I picked a green fabric with light green polka dots. (I always manage to sneak some dots in whenever I can.) And L actually picked out the border herself. I think the stripes are a nice contrast to the rest.

I bought a free-motion foot thinking that I was going to quilt this with leave patterns based on the top fabric, but I opted for stars in the end. I wanted to add some sort of special touch since the quilt itself was just two solid fabrics. My mom was the one that suggested the stars because it kind of looks like the starburst shaped flowers on the front.

The free-motion foot is amazingly difficult to use. It bounces around like crazy, so I guess I'll need much more practice. Although, maybe I'll want that "crazy" look someday and it will actually come in handy.

Oh! And if anyone out there has advice on how to use that bouncy free-motion foot, please let me know.