alright everyone, today we're going for a double header!
these quilts were so similar, and both stashbust quilts, it is only appropriate they live together in a blog post.
when i made andrew's disney ispy quilt a few years ago, i was left with LOTS of scraps. i bought a quarter of a yard to cut ONE 6" square from... so yeah, LOTS of scraps. since then, along with other disney fabric purchases (since it has been 4 years... oy!) i decided it was time to make some other quilts and send them on their way. i cut, sorted and piled about a year ago (i remember a baby spud cat being involved in sorting) and came up with about 4 more disney ispy quilts in varying sizes. this first one was about a row each way short of andrew's original quilt size, but still so bright, fun and colorful!
this variation has a flannel backing, meander quilting and even a hidden mickey stitched in it as well! there were enough blocks to keep it borderless, but still have it be a nice large quilt for a child, or a perfect lap size for the kid at heart.
this one was done earlier on, but still a pretty decent job at machine binding if you ask me.
i'm definitely glad that is a skill i've learned and worked on. sure beats sitting on the couch under a quilt sweating in the summer!
now on to the second quilt!
for this quilt, the blocks were a little fewer in quantity, particularly to eliminate any repeats throughout the quilt. with it being smaller in size, i went ahead and added a double border, which really brought out the mickey mouse vibes.
i went ahead and quilted this one with the same meander style all over, keeping the focus on the fun disney characters, and the quilting there as an added texture. of course, to keep with disney style, i threw in another hidden mickey, just for a little more ispy fun!
while this quilt was also a "stash bust" project, the real struggle came when it was time to get binding. i shopped for the binding "peak quarantine" so to speak, and was hitting up the local joann stores and guess what... as you would expect, they were WIPED OUT. i managed to find this polka dot print at one, and it was the perfect mickey & minnie style print to frame it all up. i bought the backing pre-quarantine, and thank goodness i did! i originally planned it for the borders, but it was just too distracting from the blocks, but it made a perfect backing (and yes, you also saw it become
4 masks back in july) this quilt isn't quite child at heart size, but it is absolutely a great toddler size!
once i get through my next big boom of gift quilts (ALL october babies) then i think i'll finally be able to get back to finishing the other sets of blocks for these disney quilts.
as simple as they are, they make me so happy to look at... and that also might be aided right now in the fact that disneyland is still a no go.
5 months... 5 months with no disneyland... can you believe it?
quilt count: 138 & 139
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