Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Munki Munki Rainbow Nine Patch Quilt


It's all done! And I really love it. I started this one way back in November last year but stopped working on it when the insane person that lives inside of me kept telling me I needed to collect more and more Munki Munki prints to add to it. Really? I had to put a stop to the madness, as you can see I already had well more than enough to make a really, really big quilt (this one measures roughly 72x72). I don't even want to think about how much money I spent at the height of my Munki insanity collecting all of these prints!

But all my favorites are there: calypso, birthday party, ice cream trucks, aliens, recess, fireflies and even the rare field trip, cheese toast and etch-a-sketch. I was inspired to get working on this again while I was getting excited to take Heather's fabric design class last month. I wanted a pattern that was simple enough to highlight all the individual prints and tolerate the busyness of it all together and this is what I came up with. In the beginning I wasn't sure if I wanted to sash or not, but settled outside of my comfort zone for Kona Coal. Grey is the new white, right?




For the back I used leftover squares, even some ones I only had charms of in the rainbow stripe. The solid is a Moda Bella which I have never used before but I'm really happy with how it washed up. I of course didn't buy enough so I ended up piecing the bottom with some Kona solids and prints I had excess of from chopping up pajamas. The binding is one of my favorite Munki prints ever, sushi, that I had a big piece left from Heather's studio sale.


It's all cozy and crinkly after it's wash and Lucy is even loving looking at all the little pictures. I may even give this one over to her one day:)




19 comments:

  1. Megan, your quilt is just right! Everything about it! Great choice for highlighting the fabrics. I won a charm pack of Munki from A la Mode Fabrics and am sewing them up into square in a square blocks for a baby quilt. So fun!

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  2. So beautiful!!! Really love the coal sashing!

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  3. This quilt is divine. I love the coal sashing.

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  4. o m g SO GORGEOUS!!!!! I love love LOVE it!!!!

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  5. Its beautiful! Such fun fabrics in there and the sashing really makes the other colours stand out!

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  6. Megan - it is truely lovely!!!! I especially love the patches with the grey!

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  7. Gorgeous quilt! I love the grey background color. It really highlights the colors nicely.

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  8. You should be proud! That is one awesome quilt! And how fun would it be to snuggle under while looking at all of the different pictures?

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  9. Simply gorgeous!!! And a great size, I love a big quilt!!!

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  10. Gorgeous quilt and I like the grey, I can see how grey can be the new white.

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  11. As of today I'm chaning my name to Lucy. ;) What a lucky little girl to have a mommy like you.

    That's a beautiful quilt and I would say worth everything!

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  12. Holy Moly- it ROCKS!!! I am in love! The back is sweet on its own too!!

    Lovely job Munki fan!! :o)

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  13. the grey sashing was definatly the perfect finishing touch. I am sure this is just scrumptious in person!! I have all my munki munki cut and ready to be sewed together, although I have to admit...I gave up trying to get my hands on it all, so it isn't as extensive as your collections was. with all those colors and cute prints, I can totally see how Lucy is taken with it.

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  14. That is a great quilt. So yummy. The Kona coal looks great as your sashings. Happy snuggling.

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  15. Beautiful! I love everything about this quilt.

    Jennifer :)

    PS: the insane person in me loves how you carefully collected so many prints. Nicely done!

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  16. Amazing! I am close to cutting mine for a quilt so thank you for sharing what you did with yours - it's perfect!

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  17. It's been a while since I have read your post - but going back through the bits that I have missed, I have to say, I wasn't dissappointed! :)
    You have a remarkable sense of colour that I just love. It makes everything seem to "breathe".
    Great quilt top!

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