Deer No. 3

A long while back I bought extra deer fabric from Sarah Watts' collection, Timber and Leaf. I made one deer quilt and then another and said, "Look out for Deer quilts 3 and 4 later." Well, here it is, Number 3.

Congratulations to the little baby girl born on August 5th (or 4th?) who gets to keep this beauty.

Orange Tea for Bear

 Finished! Orange Tea for Bear (named after the blocks used).  Remember that small quilt that I complained about having to remake? Here it is! It's just a tad bigger. I love it!

Back, nothing too special

Zero, dog model

The PROCESS:
This quilt pattern came as a bit of a goof. I saw the pattern in a book, Vintage Quilt Revival, but didn't buy it or even check it out from the library.  My glance at it -- even online from someone's Pinterest post-- misinterpreted what kind of blocks were used. The whole quilt is supposed to be made up of the Tea Leaf block.   But I saw it as two: all the dark blocks were Bear's Paw, and the colorful ones were Tea Leaf. No wonder the whole quilt was called Spiced Chai in the book.

Tea Leaf block

Bear's Paw block

In the end, it wasn't a huge mistake. I know that my style lends itself to "going with the flow."