Dinosaurs!

A few weeks ago, my nephew turned three. I had bought this gorgeous dinosaur panel from Frangipani Fabrics (where I work/teach - it's very dangerous!) about six months ago intending to quilt it for my sister's small dinosaur fanatic, but kept putting it off until a few days before his birthday party. There were a few rather late nights involved in getting it finished!

I haven't really quilted panels before - but it is seriously so much fun. I started by quilting the circular dinosaur pictures, and tried to choose designs that suited the pictures. Nothing fancy, I just wanted to add some interesting texture in the backgrounds. Swirly air-currents,

leaves to munch,

 wavy lines,

and a few more pebbles.

In the large coloured squares, I FMQ'd straight lines in threads that matched the background and in the outer border I simply quilted around the dinosaurs.

I did put little hanging pockets on the back, thinking it would be a good wall quilt, but apparently it has now replaced his normal blankets and he won't sleep under anything else. As it should be really ;o) I do have another panel waiting to be quilted - my 4 year old spotted a Frozen panel and is regularly harassing me about it, so I suspect you'll see that soonish too.

xx Jess

PS I apologise for the lack of FMQ tutorial this week - I had great intentions, but then came down with a virus on Monday night so I just haven't had the energy to film anything yet. I'm hoping to get it done tomorrow though, so please bear with me on it :o)