Patchwork Deer

When I was at the market last month, I showed a Patchwork Bunny. a man stopped and asked if i had a deer like that.....so i made him one. he said the kids were decorating his grandson's room in a deer motif. haha  the pattern was for Christmas and Rudolph had a red nose. i changed it up a bit and took the red out of the pattern. i think it might work for him. 

I quilted it with a panto called Whimsy. I quilted the whole first row....moved it up...and discovered the tension sucked on the bottom. i spent 5 hours last night ripping that all out. today i switched the top thread from a Glide to Bottom Line. I think the problem was the backing fabric. it might not be exactly quilty fabric. haha

I like the little tree border...and i found some fabric with trees in it, too. It's about 45 x 60

I didn't have enough of the light brown for the deer, so i added in some lighter shades of tan. baby deer have spots anyway. 

I had a piece of camoflauge fabric in the stash, so that became the back.

And i added a pic of what the baby will look like when he grows up. haha

Thread was Bottom Line Taupe for the top and So Fine dark brown for the bobbin. my first choice for the binding was the brown with the little trees, but there wasn't enough. so, i used a dark green stripe that i had instead. hope he likes it.