Old Farm with Truck

These are my latest Touch Quilt. Vintage Cows Print fabric with added features. Backed with Lime fleece.

 40x35"

 Red Corduroy truck with satin windshield, stiped fabric grill, ribbon bumper

Set-in pocket pulled up so you can see; and a microfiber square left to the imagination as to what kind of crop it represents.

 Tucks stitched into a piece of cotton fabric with tiny flowers indicated rows of something. It really was what I found of a size to finish out where I started the road and ran out of flannel. Ends up with two kinds of tactile stimulation: flannel on the road and the tucks forming rows.

Prairie points are one of my favorite additions These are folded toward the center.

The Prairie points below are folded to one side, forming a larger pocket to explore.

 A piece of Pony Paradise fleece adds yet another tactile experience.

 Microfiber fun.

The backing, green fleece, shows where the pocket, microfiber block and truck are stitched in place. I realized that it was not necessary to closely quilt everything. There is no batting for quilting to hold in place. Some of the embellishments have more than one layer. Minimal quilting makes a softer blanket.

Pony Paradise Project Completed

Starting with a yard of Pony Paradise fleece and various scrap fabric and found goods, two Touch Quilts emerged.

Each features a sunrise or sunset, a pocket or two, ribbon touch tags and prairie points to explore. The one above has a felt hat with ribbon band and a padded silk square for rubbing or patting.

 This quilt has two pockets to explore and a vintage bear claw quilt block, stoutly reinforced.

Both quilts are backed with blue flannel. Quilting is random.

Some cowboy lost his hat.

Touch Quilts Go to their New Home

I called Suzanne at the nursing home and made arrangements to take the first three lap quilts to their new place.

 

She said there are some residents that she thought might benefit from having one of these to play with. She will consult with someone else. I'll get back with her before I take more there. 

It was busy there and I didn't linger to chat.