Deer Crib Quilt Made With Paper Pattern

Today I finished this amazing deer themed crib sized quilt for one of Katie's friends.  I'm totally in love with this quilt and it was so hard to let go of it today.  It turned out perfect....the color choices....the fabric choices.....the applique......the stippling....the binding!  All of it....perfect!

I purchased my fabrics online from www.hawthornethreads.com and www.etsy.com.  They always have such great selection and never let me down.

Here's the front of the quilt.......

I used my wide format printer to make a large paper pattern for the deer head..

I cut it out of paper, traced it on to a light weight Wonder Under adhesive, then transferred it to orange fabric...

I then used a zig zag stitch to secure it to the back piece of the quilt....

After I had the back finished, I sandwiched the back, the batting and the quilt top together with many, many safety pins.....

 

I then did free motion quilting (stippling) using a large swirl.

I made my own binding with the left over orange scraps.....

I stitched the binding to the front, flipped the quilt over and stitched again.

Some more pictures of the quilt.....

 

After the quilt is completed, I always run it through a wash/dry cycle twice.  (I never pre-wash my fabrics.) This shrinks the quilt and brings out all the fabulous puckering from the free motion quilting.....

I am selling these large paper patterns in three sizes.  You can click here to get to my Etsy store and order a pattern so you can make your own deer quilt.  Or go to Etsy and search for RileyRaniDesigns.

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