the blue blog archives: 9 little monkey blocks jumping on the bed

I've been playing with little monkeys on the bed all weekend! I waited until I had a whole evening to dedicate to sewing, arranged all the pieces of my funky monkey quilt on the bed and sewed them up into 16" blocks.

I love this part of the process. All those little bits come together to make big bits and then the big bits come together to make even bigger bits and so on and so on. It's so satisfying. Way more so than, say, sewing up the pieces of a knitted sweater. Sorry, I love to seam up sweaters, but it's just not as neat and geometric in its progression as this is. Plus, it would be way hard to knit a little monkey butt as cute as this into a sweater!

posted by alison at 9:55 am | in 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed

Comments

Those look awesome! What a fun theme.

Posted by: jessica at April 2, 2008 9:59 AM

wow, i love it! i actually think that the busyness of the fabric with this layout work so well together. great idea!

Posted by: gleek at April 2, 2008 10:32 AM

Wow, wonderfull, how do you get the sewing that even?

Posted by: Sibylle at April 2, 2008 10:39 AM

I LOVE that last pic! I think I must have a thing for cute little butts.

Posted by: Suzanne V. (Yarnhog) at April 2, 2008 10:44 AM

Beautiful, just beautiful!

Posted by: Anita at April 2, 2008 10:51 AM

Fantastic.

Posted by: earthchick at April 2, 2008 11:11 AM

That is just flat out adorable! Love that last little bicycling monkey butt.

Posted by: Sarah R at April 2, 2008 11:14 AM

That has to be the cutest quilt I think I've ever seen. Those sock monkeys would make any non-morning person wake up with a smile on their face. Especially the cycling monkey!

Posted by: Kim at April 2, 2008 12:21 PM

Aw, my daughter's favorite book! Love those monkeys. Your lines are so straight. I always struggle to keep my seams lined up perfect when I use many sizes. Very, very cool!

Posted by: Carolyn at April 2, 2008 12:51 PM

So bloody (is it OK to swear just a teeny bit?) cute! I'm using the photos from your blog to free-form knit a sock monkey hot water bottle cover. Hmmm, where to place the ears?

Posted by: Mary K. in Rockport at April 2, 2008 1:32 PM

I love the monkeys! I have one thing of cute monkey fabric (for lining the intarsia backpack from Stitch 'n Bitch), but I've never gotten around to doing anything with it. I hope that I get to make something as cute as this with it.

Posted by: Seanna Lea at April 2, 2008 3:27 PM

So fabulous! What's a good book to learn how to quilt if you've never done anything quilt-related before?

Posted by: Kristine at April 2, 2008 3:27 PM

It's fantastic! I must now quell the urge to run out and buy up all the monkey-related fabric in the land, as I really do not quilt.

Posted by: Sarah at April 2, 2008 4:08 PM

Totally awesome quilt!!!

Posted by: Sallie at April 2, 2008 10:46 PM

I love the monkeys. It's the most perfect quilt!

Posted by: KERaven at April 3, 2008 1:34 PM

Delightful! I really like the way you've placed all of the blocks.

Posted by: Michele at April 3, 2008 4:36 PM

I'm really loving the way that your quilt is coming together. I love the same thing about quilting as you do. I love that when you are done with the blocks you can lay them out for a preview...and then sew them into strips just to lay them out for another preview. I love that tangible evidence of what's to come. It's very motivating.

Posted by: chancy at April 3, 2008 6:50 PM

Love this quilt and how it is coming together. The fabric is just adorable! Can't wait to see it all done. Maybe I need to get my unfinished quilts back out and work on them...maybe.

Posted by: Kim at April 3, 2008 9:38 PM

That's looking so awesome!!! I *love* your design! :)

Posted by: Andrea at April 6, 2008 1:03 PM

I am in love with those monkeys!

Posted by: Sarah-Hope at April 7, 2008 6:20 PM