Monster quilt

What's the one quilting supply I can't live without? Quilt batting. Good quality batting. You don't want to mess around here. You probably just spent a couple hundred dollars on fabric and a good bit of your time making a beautiful quilt top. You're about to put it all together and finish the quilt. You

You've all seen the monster quilts I've made. I get emails often from people who love them. They do make me smile, I admit. So I tho...

So I’ve been trying to finish all the UFO’s in the cupboard (there is no hope – there are just too many) and finishing my monsters is high on the list. You may remember the original monster quilt (see it here if you want to refresh). When I stitched it, I just blindly appliqued lots of very cute monsters just because I liked them. I gave no thought to actual maths, or how they would work in a quilt. Consequently, I had lots of blocks left over that wouldn’t fit in the original – the maths…

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The other day I stopped in at the Attic Window Quilt Shop when the Charity group was busy making quilts for charity. After talking to Mary who runs the group, it hit me. I love Monsters and have wanted to make a monster quilt for a long time but all my children, grandchildren, great grand children are too old for a monster quilt. However....I bet there are lots of children who would like one, so why not make one and give it to the charity group to distribute. So I hurried home and got busy…