Morning on the Farm

 My morning started with the arrival of 1157 little pigs!  Yes, I know there are 1157 because I counted them and helped sort them into pens of 20.  

Actually this post is really about this quilt which I am calling Morning on the Farm.

This is done in a Circle of Nines setting.  You can see there are nine big blocks.  Actually it is a setting within a setting as there are nine panel blocks in each of the big blocks.  

Almost 2 years ago in June, the hubs and I took a vacation to Mississippi.  We stopped in Paducah, KY and I gave him directions to Hancocks of Paducah (he had never seen such a large fabric store - until we stopped at Marshall Dry Goods in Arkansas on the way back).  I told him not to let me buy any more panels because I had so many at home already.  While I was pushing my shopping cart with bolts of fabric in it he came up to me and pointed one out and said, "Isn't that a panel?"  My response was yes, it was a panel that I already had and I was just using that bolt to match other fabrics.  

Fast forward to almost 2 years later and I have finished the last panel in my stash!!!!!  This one was huge.  I'm pretty sure I only ordered a yard and they wanted to finish the bolt and sent me at least 2 yards.  There were 120 of the little panel blocks.  At one time, I thought to maybe just use the whole panel on the back of a quilt and be done with it, but then I discovered the circle of nines setting.  

I did custom quilting on it.  There are eggs in the border, half sunflowers in the setting rectangles, roosters in the corners, and chicken wire over the main blocks - to keep the animals from getting loose of course!

This only used 81 of the panel blocks, so I used 36 in a mondo bag and the last 3 were made into a little wall hanging for my kitchen.

Ok, here's a photo WITHOUT a cat in it!

And here are a few of the panel projects that I have worked on in the past...........

And guess what?!  There are no more panels in the stash!!!!!  

Guess we'll have to go shopping!

Christi