It’s finally finished…Presenting:  Criss Cross Applesauce!!

I started quite awhile ago, probably about the time that Bonnie Hunter first published her book, Scraps & Shirttails II: Continuing the Art of Quilting Green, as it was one of the first quilts I cut out after getting the book.  I love this book!!

I LOVE the quilt.

Here is a picture of it before I had it bound.  I said something to our daughter, Kalissa that the quilt was so soft and cuddly.  She immediately grabbed it and tested it out.  We both agree…it is the softest quilt EVER!!  I think it’s because I used recycled shirts for the front and back was a recycled dew-vay (I have no idea how to spell that and spell check is no help) cover..and I also used Hobbs 80/20 for the batting.  It drapes and is SO-SO soft.  The quilt feels like we have had it for forever.  I wish you could just touch it.

I debated a lot on the binding.  I started out thinking green recycled shirts..then I tried blue and then I thought-dah…use red.  I didn’t have enough red shirts in my stash for binding so I found some fabric.  I started with red-red and ended up with a burgundy type red.

You can see Ruby’s incision if you look at her belly.  We have to go to the vet to get the staples out today.

For the quilting I ended trying something that I never thought I would be able to do, The Pajama Quilter’s Wonky Feathers.  It was so fun!!  I will definitely be doing this again and again.  I think I was just scared to try it before as it had the word “feathers” in the design name…and feathers are notoriously complicated.  It was actually very do-able.

I used a greenish-gray thread on the top and a gray thread on the backing.

Remember back when I was working on this I accidentally made some “x” blocks and debated if I should put them in the quilt or not and asked for advice…well lookie, lookie, what I did.  I accidentally put one in the quilt.  I didn’t notice it until I had the quilt finished.  I am calling in my humble block.

I am keeping this quilt.  It’s just too soft and cuddly.  When I was little I had a blanket that I called my “cold-blankie”.  It felt almost cool to me in the summer as it was so soft.  This reminds me of it.

Please take a moment to read about our effort to collect quilts for the West, Texas people.  Maybe you can help.

Today, I am hooking up with……Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Link a Finish Friday, Freedom Fridays and Crazy Mom Quilts.