Surprises Revealed

Now that I've given this quilt to its owner, I can post about it. Last month, we were debating what to get a friend of ours for her birthday. I thought maybe a quilt would be nice, and then Harold asked if I could possibly finish one that fast. I realized that the last drunkard's path had gone faster than I thought it would, so yeah, I probably could. So then I suggested another drunkard's path quilt, this time with monkey prints. A "drunken monkey" if you will. Oh, now that we had the idea, there was no stopping the quilt.

I ended up having to hit every single fabric store in town. Only one had any monkey prints, and they were rather ho hum, so I ended up shopping online and buying from the Funkey Monkey collection by Moda. It was perfect.

Presenting Drunken Monkey:





I'll also brag on it a little more to say that this was the best quilt sandwich I ever made. Someone suggested I try basting by first putting the top over the batting, rolling that up, then rolling it over a tightened backing. Totally worked. There are no wrinkles quilted into the back. Woo hoo!