DONKTOBER - Jenny Strips in the Rain

This post is part of Donktober 2012. For more information please see here. 

Oh my, I'm so excited - my first donkilicious quilt is finished!  It is bright, happy and absolutely perfect for a little girl.  Well, and for this big girl, truth be told.  ;)

I'd now like to proudly introduce you to "Jenny Strips in the Rain."

I was super, super excited when Laurie Wisbrun released this line - I just had to get my hands on some.  Boy, am I glad I did.  The donkeys are so adorable I think I swooned and the matching gumboots (wellies) are perfect-o.  Love!

To make the most of the designs I chose a simple strip quilt - I think the donkeys speak for themselves afterall.  As well as the three fabrics I had from the Jack & Jenny collection, I also threw in some green ric-rac, green swirls and pink stripes by Me & My Sister Designs and a random dark pink that I had in my stash.

Admittedly I had a little freak-out when trying to decide on the binding and was umming and ahhing between black, white, pink or grey solids.  After Kristy wisely said "no" to the black I concentrated on the grey and thankfully found this grey and white dot by Denyse Schmidt (part her Aunt Edna collection, I think).  It is perfect and really compliments those gorgeous donks.

You've probably noticed before that I tend to take the simple route with the back - trying to stick to one piece as much as possible.  In this case I didn't have quite enough of the white so just threw in a few wonky strips to bulk it out oh-so-slightly.  Perfect!

As I still insist on hand-sewing my binding (some may call me 'anal') I literally finished this today - just in time.  It was a mission, though, let me tell you.  My poor hand is cramping big time.  Does anyone else still torture themselves with this method or am I the only one crazy enough?  Please don't let me be alone in this!

So, there you have it - donkey quilt #1.  At a finished 37" x 58" it is a slightly odd size but perfect for me to snuggle up on the couch and be lazy.  I'm definitely keeping this one for myself.  Even if it does hurt Mr C's eyes.  ;)

This Monday's Donktober host is the lovely and talented Laurie Wisbrun, designer of Jack and Jenny!  As a special treat for you all Laurie is hosting a giveaway of her gorgeous fabric.  Don't forget - on this Monday!

E.


Linking up to today's TGIFF linky party over at Echinops and Aster.  Jenelle has an absolutely gorgeous finish to show-off so jump over and check it out.