A Novel Project by Nancy I

Years ago, I read Dr. Seuss (#ad) books out loud to my children. Sometimes the words just rolled off of my tongue, and with some of his books my mouth didn't like the ways it had to move. Still, I would persevere and make it to the end of each book. I ripped out the directions for "Out on a Limb" from American Patchwork & Quilting, Dec 2008. The accompanying picture reminded me of the fanciful creations in his books. I amazed myself that I was able to find these pages. I traced the patterns forward and backward onto fusible paper. 

A friend suggested layering my two 8 foot long tables with double layers of batting, spreading out the background muslin, then arranging the pieces, and using a hot iron on top of the pieces to fuse them onto the background. This saved me from trying to move everything over to my ironing board. I chose the red fabric because in my stash I had more of it than any other red. I didn't even know I had such a large piece of muslin. I quilted it with "Surf" from Anne Bright Designs. It mimics the curly horns. The tiny red polka dot for binding and backing is another red I found in my stash. The finished size is 44 x 67 inches.


Created by Nancy Isbell from Oxnard for the Project QUILTING 14.4 A Novel Project Challenge.

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