I decided to make my little doggie, Zoey her own little bed so she can hang out with me in the sewing room.
I only used the yellow polka dots of the fat eighth quarters that were sent to me. I initially had an entirely different design in mind at the beginning of this challenge. I ended up taking a whole different approach. I think I was really inspired by Elizabeth Hartman's Dancing Queen quilt. The Dancing Queen quilt is the last quilt I made as a Christmas quilt for my Dad. I just expanded it a bit to make a brick wall.
I used exclusively Riley Blake polka dots for my print selections, and grey for the mortar. For the quilting I really wanted some graffiti. I have always loved graffiti art. I don't condone vandalism, but graffiti has it's own beauty.
I started out using some grey thread. Then I thought this was way to safe. Not very exciting. So ripping commenced.
YES! Much better. Way more exciting!!!
The rest of the background I did an all over circuit board design.
To gauge this micro-quilting, the mortar finished pieces are 1/2 an inch. That's some tiny quilting. My hands cramped up more than once:/
I guess I should show my little mishap.
This is the other side that I had a mishap marking my quilt! This is permanent marker! I managed to get most of it out but for some reason, what was on the red would not budge. Here is my solution....
I stuck my quilt label over the top of the mistake like a bumper sticker:) I'm really liking the offset of the label! And Zoey prefers to get comfy on this side of the dog bed more than the pretty side which is a little stiff due to all the dense micro-quilting.
Yaaaaaa, I think she likes it.
Project completed! Now..........what to do next?!?!?
