emily loves dinosaurs - teal dinosaur baby quilt

last quilt of 2020, first quilt post of 2021!

the moment this quilt pattern was announced, i think i was tagged at least three different times per post.  and so i instantly bought it the day it was released.  the pattern sat for awhile, waiting to become reality.  then, tayva asked me if i would make a sample for the shop, and of course i gave it a big fat YES.
picking the colors was the HARDEST part.

every sample i had seen was in rainbow, which was super cute and all... but i wanted to be different! i played with so many different grunge color ways, and ended up setting on this delightful teal/aqua combo.  gah.  so cute.
instead of having my plants different colors as well, i kept them to be just two shades of green grunge so they'd stand free of the dinosaurs as well.  the plants were the first things i pieced at a sew day way back when... and they went together so quickly!having the balance of regular grunge mixed in with printed grunges made the dinosaurs a lot more fun too.  i tried to keep one of each per dino, but you'll see in one of the stegosaurus blocks, one of them is SUPER printy.  he's still so cute though!  the blue t rex cracks me up a lot, because how his print ended up, it looks like he's got polka dot socks on.i ended up not using the solid turquoise grunge in the dinosaurs themselves, so i couldn't help but bring it in as the perfect bright binding.  and can we talk about this pantograph??
since i now have access to a computerized long arm machine at work, i HAD to make this pantograph happen on this quilt.  from far away, it looks like a stipple, but when you look closer, there are tiny little dinosaurs in there.  gah.  i love it so much.
i had a real good time piecing the back, and have no regrets at all.

the grunge stars are the same color as one of the plant colors, and i used a chunk of scraps to piece in some turquoise as well to get the right size.it was so much fun to do this little version of the quilt, that i cannot WAIT to do a larger version for myself.  yep, you heard it here.  i absolutely plan to do the lap size quilt in this same color scheme so i can have one all to my very own.

all the small pieces went together well, it was just super helpful to keep them labeled and in order (garage sale stickers are the best tip i've ever heard for that with elizabeth hartman patterns)

plus, i've got to get another use (or ten) out of that pantograph! 

pattern information: dinosaurs by elizabeth hartman
quilt count: 147