I went to my stash this weekend and pulled up a fabulously fun print that my mother-in-law found for me at a yard sale a few years ago. It is about 1.25 yards of fabric, and the print is so fun that I didn’t want to really cut into it. I quickly decided it would be the “backing” for a quick baby quilt, so I pulled some coordinating solids to make a pieced top.
Dragon Quilt – Fabric Pull
This is going to be a bright quilt! Since the size is limited to the fun dragon print, I decided to make 7″ blocks and create a quick 40″ by 40″ pieced top with random block placement.
Dragon Quilt – Block Layout
The more I think about it, the more I consider the dragon print to be the top of the quilt and this bright pieced block set to be the back.
Dragon Quilt – Pieced “Top”
With just an just an hour and a half invested in this project, I am ready to bind and quilt. I plan on using YLI’s primary colors variegated thread and stitching a flame pattern to go with the dragon motif. Should be a lot of fun!
In other news, my parents are coming out for a visit and arrive a little bit later today. I will probably be a bit less active both in quilting and in the blog-o-sphere while I get a chance to catch up with them.
Linking up to WiP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.
I just cannot post on your wordpress blog! I tried three times. . sigh.
I think this is going to turn out adorable! I love the bright colors!!! I hope you have a nice visit with your parents. 😀
Love those dragons! I agree it will be a bit hard to decide which is the front and which is the back, but that just means it’s twice as beautiful! Have a great visit with your parents. Mine will be here in two weeks and I can’t wait.
What a fun fabric. I would call it a front 🙂
Such cute dragons!
love the top, and the flame stitch will look great!!!!
I recently saw Pete’s Dragon, and this fabric reminds me of him! What a fun baby quilt!
It’s super cute! I would have had a hard time cutting it as well. I love whole cloth quilts.
What a great use of that fun dragon fabric. Since the front and the back will be equally colorful and fun, it’ll be reversible. I love the idea of using the flame quilting design to go with the dragons!
A really cute and quick project.
oh man, we should totally have Mother-In-Law Fabric Finds posts, haha. I received a few…um…interesting pieces this week. Those dragons are cute, and the solids you chose work perfectly!
I love that this entire quilt came from your stash! 🙂
Love those dragons!! have fun with your family this weekend. I will be at the Chicago Quilt Festival and will post when I can.
Can’t go wrong with dragons! Flame quilting will be perfect for it!
Absolutely digging the dragon theme and can hardly wait to see the flames you stitch onto it. What a great fabric find!
The dragon fabric is adorable! Love the basic blocks for the alternate side. Ca’t wait to see the quilting!
That dragon fabric is too cute! And I love the idea of flames for your quilting design!