Last year, or at least it feels like it, in 2015, I made some Elephant Parade blocks. Then other quilts pushed to the front of the line. So when Joan and Carol announced that the theme for the August blog hop was It's a Jungle, I was eager to join so that I can make more progress on my Elephant Parade quilt. Hopefully if you squint and bend the rules, you might be able to fit it into a jungle theme.
It is a fun quilt and I really would like to turn this into a finished quilt.
Welcome to my Blog Hop post, and let me show you my Elephant Parade quilt. When last we left this quilt, in 2015 (yikes!) it was a bunch of stray blocks. I had made too many and asked my blog friends which one I should eliminate or put in the back, and they said I should fit them all in.
So I am leaving them all in the front of the quilt. They will just have to squeeze in somehow. The blocks are various sizes so I do have to add coping strips to make them fit properly in a quilt.
Because of all the other projects I am working on, mostly because I was trying to finish my June and July blog hop quilts, I got behind on this one too. The June quilt is finished if you want to scroll back. It's called Beach Picnic.
The July quilt is quilted and just needs to be bound. It's called Tropical Fish. I had to drop it so I could make progress on the Elephant Parade quilt.
Because of my tardiness, my hope for this August quilt was that I could at least get one or two rows sewn together. I needed to do measuring and fudging to put them together and I didn't want to rush it and make frustrating mistakes. I am focusing on the height of the blocks and making sure they will fit into a row. Later I will worry about the width. I will just add sashing to the outside to make them fit, though I may make a sashing/coping strip wider if I would prefer it that way when I get to that point.
I wound up getting into a good rhythm, and managed to complete three and a half rows. I am happy with the progress, and am stopping only so I can get the blog post out.
Hopefully like the June and July quilts I can keep working on them until I get them finished. As usual, since I am taking the photos at near midnight, the lighting is bad, which will make the reveal glamour shots look that much better.
Thank you for providing the motivation for me to make progress on this quilt, and be sure to check out the other participants in the blog hop. They are listed in my previous post.
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19 comments:
Great quilt! I really like the elephants and the frog!
Cute quilt!
That is going to be one amazing quilt! All the creatures you have included add more interest. Thanks for sharing!
Those blocks are such fun, definitely worth trying to move towards a finish.
Ohhhh...I'm so glad you got this one out for the hop. It's perfect. What a fun collection of little critters. Good advice from your friend to keep all of them on the front of the quilt. Looking forward to seeing it's "glamour shot" when it's all done!
So cute
Adorable quilt, you have made great progress!
I love all your animals! What a great quilt!
This jungle quilt has some sweet blocks...good that you're finishing it. It really is so cute! Thanks for sharing your jungle!
i absolutely adore your jungle parade quilt. it is super creative and downright fun !!!
Love all the animals! Especially the elephants! (my favourite!)
Great quilt!
Your animal parade is marching along, for sure! I can just imagine the noise all of them would make as they move down the path. Wouldn't that be fun with a child to imitate each animal sound as they point and learn the name? Great work!
Wow! That's quite a nice herd of elephants on your quilt. Can't wait to see it when you've finished up. Thanks for sharing.
This is going to be so worth your finishing . It is wonderful. Great having all the blocks in the front. They are all to cute to not get front billing. keep up with the great finishes from the past.
Such a fun quilt!
This is a really fun quilt. Love all the extra blocks mixed in with the elephants.
This is absolutely adorable! I can see where you need to take your time though. You've made amazing progress and this will soon be finished. Can't wait for the big reveal! Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2024/08/21/wednesday-wait-loss-394
Very pretty quilts. I started Elephants on Parade, and have never finished it.
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