This quilt was made for Miff's friend who is going to foster children. The friend is having a "shower" and requests a "gently used" book and a blanket for gifts. I had a gently used "Goodnight Moon" book and the fabric for a companion quilt in one of my PIGS. The fabric is mostly leftover from the twins' rocket ship quilts that I made a couple years ago. The backing was actually a "Goodnight Moon" print showing the cow jumping over the moon (the picture that hangs in the room) that I picked up on an internet sale several years ago. The green fabric for the great green room also came from an internet sale. Thanks to Miff's friend for providing the excuse to empty a PIGS and help me meet one of my yearly goals!
After I planned this present, I read on the internet that "Goodnight Moon" is an "abiding horror." I was shocked as I thought it was a "classic." I felt like I'd just read that "Pride and Prejudice" is really pornography or something equally traumatizing to my fantasy world. Apparently, the old lady is creepy, the mice frightening, the mush disgusting, and the rhymes terrible! Well, barren old women who make quilts for little kids need to climb out of their fantasies and have a dose of reality. I hope Miff's friend doesn't hold the same opinion of the book.
- Size: 48 1/2" x 57" Crib size
- Quilting: Quilted in a free-form pattern. Quilted free form circles ("moons") in the border. Quilted free form, meandering spirals in the night sky. Quilted my signature rabbit jumping over the moon. Did not quilt the red window sashing, stars, or moon. 5 bobbins. Used variegated silver to gray thread, Omni-V 100% polyester thread #9138, named "Silver Mist". Quilting by Patty.
- Backing: "Goodnight Moon" cow jumping over the moon fabric from fabric.com. I pre-shrunk the backing because it was an organic cotton and I wasn't too sure about the dyes and quality of the fabric. It washed beautifully, the dyes are color fast, and it didn't require ironing after drying in the dryer.
- Batting: 80%/20% cotton/polyester batting From Winline
- Binding: Plain green fabric from internet sale. Same fabric that was used for the border.
- Pattern: "Goodnight Moon" inspired by pictures in the book. Piecing by Patty.
- Pinned and basted into frame May 26, 2017. Full float. Quilting on long arm quilter May 29, 2017. (Patty).
- Binding by Patty.
- QC by Spencer.
