Hey Hey Cubbies!

One of my favorite memories of growing up in Chicago is going to see Cub's games with my mom and sister so I naturally had to make a quilt about the Cub's when Baseball was chosen as our word.

I chose to find baseball cards of players I fondly remember from my youth such as Billy Williams, Ernie Banks, Fergie Jenkins, and Ryne Sandberg.  I then printed the cards onto muslin treated with BubbleJet 2000 and laid them out as if they were on my desk being admired.  And the fabric on the back is yet another beautiful Cubs fabric.

Baseball

Batter Up!

BASEBALL has been the toughest of all the words that I have had to so so far in this 12 x 12 challenge.  When I heard the word, nothing came to mind, so I searched the internet.  Thank goodness for Google, saved yet again.  I  copied the picture, enlarged it, and then picked fabrics for the circles, which are sheer, and the background, which is my hand painted.  I enlarged each of the baseball players, making them appear as shadows of the first player.  Quilting and zig zaging the edges finished this little quilt.