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munki munki quilt progress

Posted on September 14, 2009

I’m making progress on my munki munki quilt, albeit slowly. I’ve had a few other projects I’ve been working on, so these blocks have been on the back burner for a bit. Does anyone else have problems switching from project to project? I tend to work on several quilts simultaneously, but I’ve had a bit of trouble keeping the fabrics for each quilt project separate. I just bought a few more shallow plastic bins (the same as the ones I use to store my fabrics) and now I keep a separate bin for each quilt project. When I’m done working on one project, I put all the fabrics for that project, as well as the completed quilt blocks, in the bin and then I can easily put it away for a while. I think this new plan is helping to keep me a bit more organized!

Anyway, back to the quilt. Here’s what it looks like so far –

munki-munki-quilt-blocks

Originally I was leaning towards no sashing, but I want to make this one a queen sized quilt and when I figured out how many blocks I’d need (way too many!) I think now I’m thinking the sashing may be a good idea! I’ll still need a fair number of blocks, especially since these blocks are only 10″ square, but it seems a bit more manageable!

These are the latest two blocks I added –

I’m going to get to work making a few more, and then I might have to do a little fabric shopping… I may need a few other munki munki prints in these colors to add enough variety to this quilt… maybe these cute chickens?

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baby birds and butterflies quilt

Posted on September 8, 2009

I got this one finished, and I think it’s fabulous! (is it bad for me to exclaim over my own quilts?!)

The white sashing really turned the corner for me – I liked the blocks on their own, but the addition of the white really makes it all come together for me. I used the Robert Kaufman Kona white for the sashing and a large part of the backing.

As I mentioned previously, I had had fabric pulled for this quilt for several months. It was all based on the fabric used for the centers of each block – a print from Robert Kaufman’s Hot Courturier line. I really love the colorsÂ – the raspberry, lime and chocolate combo, along with those great silhouettes of the birds and butterflies.

For the backing I used up some of the remaining scraps to create a scrappy strip, and since I had a couple butterflies left, I made up a couple smaller blocks for the bottom corner.

I stippled this one, and did a fun patchwork binding, pulling in the brown, lime and raspberry colors. It shrunk to just about a perfect crib size, about 45″ x 60″.Â And yes, it’s also for sale!