T&J Quilt – Eagle, Deer, Wolf, Bear – Oh My!

We finished the animal quilt!  It was a special request from Sue’s dad, complete with a hand-drawn layout suggestion.  This just made us ~smile~ and want to make it all the more.  T&J stands for Tom and Jeanette, and this animal quilt is “T” all the way. ~smile~  So we found this fabulous fabric and we started cutting:

T&J request

Tom made the drawing on an envelope and the special request.  Jeanette has been in on the fabric selections since we brought them home from a road trip.  She gave her approval up until the final push or the weekend it was complete.  So it will be a surprise to both of them.  Of course, they didn’t know how it was going to be quilted.

Quilt before quilting

Here is a look at the completed quilt top.  I think that first border does a good job of matching the background colors of each animal.  It kind of reminds me of the veins in granite.  We used the outside darkest border for the binding.

T&J Quilt

Here is how it looks after quilting.  I hope that Tom and Jeanette love it.  Lots and lots of love was stitched into it.

Our friends at Corner to Corner quilted this for us.  Sue chose a branch shape with a falling leaf.  I think it lends itself well to the theme of the quilt and the finished project shines because of the quilting.  Here is a closeup of the stitching:

And one last closeup on the background fabric:

Sue’s goal, which was to get this quilt finished before she had to start going back to school, was met.  Since she goes back the week of August 21st, I think we made it with barely any time to spare. ~smile~

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