May finish!

May Finish!

I am so excited to share my May finish.  Although it is a few weeks late, it is finished.  

This quilt is a cotton quilt panel from Joann's.  My friends theme for her baby was rain forest animals, but after a lot of looking I decided this was a fun design.  

I did most of my FMQing on the elephant, sky, leaves and border.  I mostly outlined the other animals. 

Elephant trunk took a lot of time to add the texture.

 The main reason for outlining the animals and giving the elephant the most texture is that I wanted to add more definition to the elephant and leave the other animals puffy.  I love how it turned out.  

Outlined the main leaves. 

All three textures that I added to the elephant. 

Mctavishing FMQ stitch added to the ears. 

Wind currents.

More wind currents. 

Closeup of the sky. 

Borders 

Finished product. 

 I love how this quilt turned out.  Even though there were many parts that took longer than expected, it was well worth it.  

I'm glad that I didn't do a to-do list this month because this is all that I have accomplished. However I feel obliged to write down my goals for June (I hope this will motivate me to finish them all!) 

June goals

-Finish March, April, May and June paper piecing project from Quiet Play.

- Finish last 2 cats for moms quilt

-Finish moms quilt

- Make bubba her quilt

I think that should keep me busy for awhile. I have plans to start at least one of my projects for the state fair in September.

Here's to more posts in June! 

Until next time, 

Holly

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