Three machines worked their magic to put this together in six days' time. Piecing and quilting were done on my Brother Innov'Is NX800 sewing machine. The edges for the prairie points were done using my Brother serger (circa 1998), and the label was done using my Brother PE500 embroidery machine. Yes. My "Brothers" played well together and came up with this in record time!
Every time I do a quilt I learn new things. With this one I learned to cut all my pieces (except border and backing) before piecing. Some things were not so much new knowledge as newly applied knowledge; I chain-pieced wherever practical.
To make the monogram and stylized "2" applique, I printed out a sheet with a large font, then copied the resulting lettering onto the paper side of a right-sized heat bonding sheet (Wonder Under), and bonded to the fabric before doing a tight zigzag stitch around the edges.
Last minute flubs resulted in some fortuitous saves. In my first design version the stylized "2" was to be the only corner design. The quilt was being made as a present for my first grandson's 2nd birthday. I decided to free motion a heart in another corner, but it was so pitifully wobbly, I opted to applique a heart shape over it. That would have resulted in a rather unbalanced overall look, so I added a star and a musical note to the remaining corners. (Yea!) Even bigger "YEA!", he liked it!
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| Chain-piecing, finished quilt with magazine inspiration, completed back with embroidered label. Oh! And in case you wondered why it is called a "Peek-a-Boo" quilt...: |
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Each prairie-pointed block opens up to reveal an otherwise secret underlying patch! |
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