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More Llama Drama

July 10, 2019

I promise, just one more llama drama mini. My cousin Deb is coming to visit today, and she asked if I would make her a llama mini quilt for her classroom. Of course, I said — no prob llama! (Thanks to Dione at Clever Chameleon for that clever response!)

This little llama really isn’t named yet. That will be up to Deb. This one is a close cousin of Lucille, with the hair and a jaunty bright purple bandana. I used turquoise Grunge for the body.

More Llama Drama - I made another llama mini quilt using a pattern from Sew Fresh Quilts - piecefulthoughts.com

I think this llama will add some nice drama to her classroom, don’t you?

Deb loves music, so I added a little touch of music to her llama.

More Llama Drama - A close up of the llama's muzzle. I used musical fabric because the recipient loves music. Pattern from Sew Fresh Quilts - piecefulthoughts.com

Like Lucille, this little mini is a trim 10″ x 20″. I quilted long vertical lines using Aurifil Dove Grey thread. Once again, this took me an afternoon to make. The pattern is so well done, but here’s a tip — you should really read the instructions carefully and pay attention so you don’t have any little pieces left over. I won’t say any more about that, other than that I just added a little personality without realizing it! Haha.

Deb will be here the rest of the week, so there will be a lot of talking and laughing but probably not a lot of quilting. Before I go, though, I’ll leave you with a little discovery I made over the July 4th weekend.

Random Tip of the Day

I have a patriotic quilt I hang each year. It is a lap quilt size. I don’t have a rod pocket for it, because then it would hang too long for the space. So I usually hang it over the rod and secure it with pins. However, I had a lightbulb moment the other day and used a different common household item instead.

More Llama Drama - My tip of the day, in a pinch, bobby pins can be used to hang a quilt, especially a quilt with a dark border - piecefulthoughts.com

My quilt has dark borders, and the bobby pins are barely visible. The quilt hangs in a high traffic area, and the pins hold it securely. While I wouldn’t use bobby pins for a quilt that hangs an extensive period of time, it’s a temporary fix for those seasonal quilts. Just make sure your bobby pins are new and free of rust or snags.

Linking up today and later this week with Quilt Fabrication, Sew Fresh Quilts, My Quilt Infatuation, Powered by Quilting and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.

Wendy

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