Finally a finish!

I am so excited to finally have finished a quilting project and to be able to share it with you. There are a couple special things about this quilt:

1. His name is Mr Sudoku. This is because he started off as a charm pack of 9 fabrics from the Kate Spain line Central Park and a Sudoku puzzle to solve. A cute little kit from Moda - like this.
2. My gramma actually gave me the kit and told me I needed to make a quilt for myself - under no circumstances was I allowed to gift it. So from the get go I knew this quilt was all for me - which doesn't happen often :-)

Sorry for the crappy pictures; when it was sunny it was too windy and Marla wouldn't let me post pictures of her body outline behind the quilt (because the wind was blowing it against her). So today it wasn't so sunny. We made do I think.

Without further ado - MR SUDOKU!

His front side

The original charm pack made a mini quilt, and I knew it needed to be longer because I hate when blankets don't cover my feet. So we extended Mr Sudoku a bit, improv-ing as we went.

His back side

I wasn't sure about backing until I found this fabric. I realize Just a simple back doesn't give a lot of dimension to a quilt, but I am just not that adventurous yet. Give me time!

All his sides

I really like how bright and fun he turned out. Already in major use on the couch.

His sides kissing

I went for some hand stitching on the binding to practice my skills. Good thing I did it on this quilt (for me) - I need a lot of practice! And my FMQ technique needs work too. But this is what making quilts is all about right? Practicing and improving and learning new fun skills.

His bottom forest

To extend the quilt I used more of the Kate Spain line - got these awesome trees from Jeannie's Fabrics on Etsy. I went ahead and did a panel above and below. It gives Mr Sudoku some directionality. Spell checker tells me I just made up that word and it doesn't exist. Let's just roll with it.

Him all rolled up

Final specs on Mr Sudoku:

Size: ~ L72XW45

Fabric: mostly Kate Spain Central Park, dark sashing Kona Coal, binding is solid lime from Connecting Threads.

Quilting: FMQ loopy swoopy by me

Binding: hand stitched by me

Enjoyed: by any who want to come over and snuggle under him

And I think some of you already knew this was coming: the whole time I was making him I kept replacing Mr Roboto with Mr Sudoku in the song below!

Linking up with Beth over at Plum and June for the Let's get Acquainted Monday linky party. I like this party because I get to make new blogging buddies and keep track of all the great stuff they are making.

Thanks for sharing my finish with me!

ciao

-k