SWOON SWOON

So, a great friend of mine, Kelli, got married in April. Obviously I wanted to make her a quilt. I had big plans for this quilt. But in true Kim fashion, shit did not get done in time. The fact of the matter is, it is done now and it is loved.

A few notes:
1. Flea Market Fancy had to be used on this quilt. I hoarded it for Kelli, exactly for this project.
2. I am currently living with Marla because all my stuff is in LA in my new apartment while I am still finishing my stupid degree. So all the FMF had to be used because it has nowhere to go. All scrappy bits stay with Marla.
3. Marla has two big fluffy dogs, Cypress and Leuko.
4. Marla and I are known to be pretty loopy and ridiculous when together, especially with fabric all around us. See here:

Kim + quilt = burrito

Ok, now to this quilting business. I decided a while ago at the stash bash how I would attempt the wedding quilt. The lovely Kelly of Kelby Sews helped me choose some coordinating fabrics for the front, and Elizabeth from Don't Call Me Betsy helped me learn some quick HST math. Didn't get much done at the stash bash because I was busy with Mr Poll E Roid. Anyhow, I went with a swoon variation. You know, THE swoon? Some horrible math and weird shading/coding scribbles later I had a top pattern and a vision. This was it pre-chain peicing:

sorry the sun was being a little shit

Essentially it was a bunch of HSTs and some other 8.5 inch squares mashed together to try and be a Swoon. I pondered backing - what to do, what to do - then it came to me - USE ALL THE FMF. So we got this giant patchworky thing going on, kind of Christmasy I know...

future backing

Now this is where it starts to go downhill. I probably internet too much. I am a huge fan of Imgur. I love all the memes. Cue the awesomeness that led to memes which make me pee my pants. If you haven't met Moon Moon - do yourself a favor and read THIS. Now think about Marla's fluffy dog Leuko.

I give you Moon Moon. He loves Swoon Swoon. And hence the quilt got it's name. I am sure Kelli doesn't love the fact I am essentially calling her gift "stupid quilt" but I think it's fucking hilarious.

Moon Moon + Swoon Swoon = burritoon

Moon Moon and Cloud Chaser want mom off Swoon Swoon

Needless to say - making this quilt was a blast. And Marla and I talked with doubles all day. "Are you done done with quilt quilt?" "You want lunch lunch?" "Moon Moon want cube cube?" Horrible I know. Reminded me of the Office episode where Kevin thinks he will save time by shortening his sentences to caveman-like phrases. "Me want donut."

All in all we made it through the quilting experience without going too cray cray, and made a nice quilt. I think. But I am biased. Just don't look too closely...

front front

back back

on bench bench

The important thing is that Kelli loves it! And she is putting it to good use already:

Snuggled success!

So some quick quilt quotients (you dig that, I know):

Name: Swoon Swoon

Size: 64X64 - a good couch size snuggle quilt

Fabs: mostly Flea Market Fancy, with some other things, but really no clue what the white I used was...

Quilting: some really free motion FMQ by yours truly on Marla's machine

Binding: wrapped around from the back! And machine pieced! It was so quick and amazing I am doing it all the time. ALL OF THE TIMES. I know a little piece of Katie just died inside...

Alright kids - back to the pipetting! Catch you in another month or two! Thanks for your patience with this whole trying to graduate (aka not crafting) thing.

And because I am pipetting late into the evening, I leave you this gem.

ciao ciao peep peeps!

-k