Into the Woods Quilt

 I'm always in need of masculine quilts, but they seem more challenging to plan for me. 

This particlular quilt doesn't have a home yet, but I felt called to make it when I tossed this dark brown fabric into a basket and it landed next to this.

I pulled a few coordinates and this 5-yard quilt pattern felt like a perfect combination.

The pattern is called Jitterbug, from the book Step it Up  With 5-Yard Quilts from Fabric Cafe.

I had this green in my stash and initially, I thought it was too dark, but it really matches the pops of green in my 2 main fabrics. It's been in my stash for longer than I've been making quilts and I  have a lot of it so it also ended up on the back

I really like the way the dark brown, that's been in my stash for many years as well, looks a little like paths from one area of the woods to another in search of a deer.

And I used the same brown for my binding.

I didn't fussy cut my fabric with resulted in some partial deer peeking out from the side of some of the blocks, but it looks more realistic since you have to hunt for them. 

This finishes at 60" x 72" and I love the way it turned out.

We have deer wander through here almost daily, but this morning, elk stopped in for a visit.

Quilt Project Added

When I was working on potholders earlier this month, I pulled this fabric to use to bind the western sets

I cut what I needed and tossed the remainder of the folded yardage to the side, into my put-these-away basket, where it landed next to this

Oh, wait...I like that!

 What else can I add? 

And so it begins. 😂

I always need masculine quilts and bought the deer fabric with the idea that it would make a good future project...I guess it just moved up to present project.

Something simple. I saw that Fabric Cafe (of 3-yard quilt fame) just released a new 5-yard quilt book. I don't have any of their books, but I do have a few patterns and just recently made my first one although I made it bigger. But I bought this one and I thought this pattern called Jitterbug, might work. They almost always use a white or cream in their designs, but I'm going a little rouge for this one

I eliminated the light fabric in the initial pull and switched out the green for a different green, more subdued, that I think I like better. The change is subtle, but the other green was too loud and I want the fabrics to be a little muted for this project. I hope it works.

I have other things I ought to be working on, but apparently this one needs to be made first. 😉