Pigs in a Blanket

I'm sure that I've asked this question before - but why is it that there are some quilts that we start and immediately finish, and there are some quilts that languish forever as UFO's?

For some reason, I decided to make Oh, Fransson!'s New Wave Quilt.  Since I didn't blog about it right away, we'll never know the real reason for sure, either!  However, I did make it.  And finish it.

I started out with that cool Alexander Henry Owl fabric.  Then I started adding some of the Japanese pig fabrics that I've been hoarding buying.  I love them!  (If you ever see those marching pigs in blue, please tell me where - I really need some!)  I used Kona Ash as the sashing.

It went together really quickly and I love the muted, subtle colors of it.

Since I knew that it was going to live here, I added this funky flannel backing.  If you ignore the fuzzy slippers and crowns, it does really go well with this quilt.  It has the same colors, and the same diagonal striped pattern going on.

Three Thanksgivings ago I went to an after Thanksgiving sale with my girlfriend at JoAnn's.  I bought flannel.  I'm STILL using that flannel - this was some of it.

I just did a simple outline quilting stitch on it.  Then I bound it in Kona Charcoal (I think).  I really wanted a color that was the same as the background of the owls, and this is close.  Not as close as I wanted it to be, but not really worth going who knows where to find the exact color. 

Some of the Japanese pig fabrics were a heavy linen.  It really adds a nice weight to this quilt.  I was pleasantly surprised.

Now, I have a boy graduating high school.  Next week.  He needs a new quilt, dontcha think?  Yes, I'm working on it.  Not very danged fast, though.  And I'm thinking that it will need to be quilted while he's spending way too much time hanging out at home - because apparently Seniors don't need a lot of schooling the last week of their high school academic life.  We know that I CAN do it - but will I?