A Finish - Jammy's Jumbos

I finally pulled my finger out and got on with my very first free motion quilting (FMQ) project.  Nothing like a little one's birthday looming to give me the kick up my .... well let's just say the little nudge I needed.

Here it is ... Jammy's Jumbos!

This quilt is for a little girl that absolutely loves elephants.  So I sourced as many elephant fabrics as possible and as they were a bit baby-ish, I added some Tilda fabric from a charm pack I had to make it a little more grown up.

... but there's still plenty of Ellies in there to keep her happy :)

I wasn't sold on the black dot and cream "filler" fabric to start with, but the more I look at it, the more I love it.

I used a cute pink and white elephant fabric from Spotlight for the binding.  I just love the way they dance around the quilt.

So how did I go with the FMQ? ... well you can see from the (warts and all) pics that it's a bit wibbley-wobbley, but man-o-man did I enjoy doing it!  I don't know why I was stressing about it, it was actually quite relaxing and I know that the more I practise, the better I'll get.

So, "cheers", "kampai", "salute" to that!

This is also my second finish for Q1 of the Finish Along hosted by Katy from The Littlest Thistle (tips bubbles down her throat again in celebration!)

Link to original Finish Along List

Serena xx

Quilt Stats:

Size: 51" x 67"
Pattern: Mostly followed "Retro Collections" by Elizabeth William for Australian Homespun Vol 13.10 - but I enlarged the block size because of the scale of the elephant fabric prints and used less blocks.
Fabric: Various elephant prints from Spotlight, Cream and Black Spot from Spotlight, Tilda charm pack
Quilt Backing Fabric by Michael Miller 
Binding: Pink and white Elephants from Spotlight
Thread for piecing and FMQ: Gutermann col. 618

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I Quilt at Pretty Bobbins
TGIFF