Deer Heads

A million years ago (or at least it seems that long), I lived with a guy who hunted.  This meant dead "stuff" on my walls.  I could never figure out how to decorate around it: a black tail, a white tail, and a moose shoulder mount; an elk European mount; and a bear rug.  (How the hell do I even remember all these terms?!?)  Luckily, in my new house, there's no dead shit on the walls, and it's not allowed in.  But I think that's why I laughed so hard when I saw the "Wild Animals" pattern from Shannon Brinkley.  This scrappy fabric deer head, made of beautiful leftover fabric pieces, is something I can totally get behind!!

The blue one is quilted and just waiting for binding -- my least favorite part.  The yellow one needs to be quilted...

I didn't do these two in quite the way Shannon Brinkley describes in her pattern, but I plan to make one that way soon.  I made them in the Sunday Morning Quilts slab method -- Shannon's method involves double-sided fusible interfacing, and I didn't have enough of that at home late at night when I decided to make these, so I slabbed it up.  (I have a Scrappy Slab class coming up soon at Running Stitch Fabrics, so I was in slab mode anyway.  They are SO FUN to make, and so fast!  Here are some blocks that were made the last time I taught this class...)

Anyway, this is today's Make it Modern Moment -- I'm turning some of my favorite scraps into deer head wall-hangings, seriously LOLing, and rejoicing in how much my life has changed.  

There's more than just deer heads in Shannon's pattern, and more than just the pattern I used!  There's one with skylines, and giraffes, and bears, and even a unicorn!  I got my copy at Running Stitch Fabrics in Kent, WA.

Happy Sewing!