The Very Hungry Caterpillar

So Landon's favorite book is The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. I decided to make a quilt of the story for him. I do have to say that I got the idea from Michelle Brady's mom. She made a small quilt for Liam and I decided it would be a perfect gift for Landon. My quilt is totally different than Liam's but the concept is the same. I did applique for the pictures and hand embroidered all of the story. I took the actual book, copied and enlarged it to make my pattern. I cut out all of the individual pieces and sewed around it to make the applique. I then hand stitched the lettering because I liked the look of it rather than using my formal embroidery machine to put the letters on. When I was buying all of the different colored fabrics at JoAnn's they asked me what I was making. I told them and the girl said that she saw the dot fabric that is exactly like the book at a particular quilt shop. If you are not familiar with the book in the beginning there is a page full of colorful dots. The fabric was the actual dots from the book. I called the store and they said it was just sold out and they don't know when they will get some more. I was bummed but with my personality I don't take no for an answer. I then looked up all of the quilt shops in Sacramento and proceeded to call each one to see if anyone had it. After calling the 5th store I found it. They said that they just got it in that day and that it usually goes quick. I went and bought it right when I got off the phone. The whole back of the quilt is the dot fabric. It was a perfect find. Thanks JoAnn's Lady!

After much persuasion from family and friends I decided to enter it into the State Fair. I have to turn it in this Friday and if it is one of the winners then they have to keep it for a couple of months to display it in the State Fair. If not they just give it back to me at the end of July.
So here are some pictures. I think the cherry pie is my favorite.