It’s a boy! Jack is a deer quilt made with BOTH camouflage sides!
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JACK (buck) is deer quilt wall hanging that’s made with both sides of one camouflage fabric on a scrappy background.
The focus fabric for this deer quilt is camouflage.
I found this Mossy Oak fabric at my local quilt shop. I tested the value of both sides, auditioning the fabric right there in the shop.
First, I made sure RIGHT side was plenty dark, so the deer head shape would be crisp. Next, I checked that the REVERSE was light enough to use as antlers and highlights for the ears, eyes, nose, and throat.
Fortunately, camouflage fabrics seem to be a staple in the fabric market every year.
Some camouflage fabrics aren’t the normal quilting quality. It’s okay for this type of quilt hanging. I thought this one was a stiff when I pulled it off the bolt, but after a quick wash and dry, it was great to work with! (I normally don’t laundry the fabric for a wall hanging.)
The backgrounds are scrappy.
Additionally, having a wide variety of background fabrics is key. This helps draw the eye through the quilt. Also, it adds an element of interest. This deer quilt sports a variety of fabric types including beige batik leaves, grassy geometric, beige stone, white on white floral, sandy batik, and painted grass.
The deer quilt comes to life.
When quilting this deer quilt, I added “scribble” quilting with black thread to the eye areas. However, even before that, the features of his face just appeared, almost magically. VALUE is key for using BOTH sides of fabric, especially for JACK (buck)!
See The Marine Behind the Quilts.
The Jack quilt pattern comes with:
- Complete, detailed instructions.
- Full-size paper template.
- Guide for auditioning focus and background fabrics.
- BONUS: Prairie Point Hanging Method.
