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Connor’s Caterpillar Heavy Hauler Truck Construction Quilt

Alanda Craft March 9, 2017 4 Comments This post may contain affiliate links.

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For my eldest great grandson’s birthday, I decided to make him a quilt featuring the Caterpillar heavy hauler truck, construction quilt.

NOTE:
The panel features a CATerpillar heavy hauler truck and measured 36″ x 44″

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Putting the Quilt Together

  • I got a bit carried away with the borders and ended up with a quilt measuring 70″ x 90″, quite a large quilt for a young man. I keep telling myself that it will last him for a few years.
  • The first thing was to trim up the panel. I decided to keep as much as possible of the black outer edge.
  • I felt that keeping the black border added depth to the next border which has the yellow construction trucks printed on it.
  • This border was 3 ½” finished.

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  • I decided to add a 1.5″ yellow border next, just to keep the color theme going and to brighten up the next border which is a 4½” mottled grey material.
  • Then I added another 2″ black border.

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  • Everything was coming together nicely, but now the quilt was becoming too square, so to make it more of a rectangle I added the black and yellow “construction” stripes to the top and the bottom of the quilt.
  • These construction strips measured 5¾”.

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  • Then it was just a matter of finishing off with a 6″ border featuring heavy construction vehicles.

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  • The back is dark grey with spots and I added a yellow stripe for interest.

The Finishing Touch.

  • Then it was time to have the quilt top quilted.
  • Chris from Sew ‘n’ Sew Sisters quilted the quilt with construction vehicles and machinery. You can see the detail in the picture below.
  • She used a silver thread and it really makes the quilt pop.
  • I have to say that as always I just love the way she quilts my quilts.
  • The next time you are looking for someone to quilt your next quilt I highly recommend Chris.

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  • Once it was quilted it was time to trim the quilt and bind it.
  • I decided to use black binding. I looked at using the yellow or the grey but decided that the black definitely added depth to the design.
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  1. Karla Baney says

    October 29, 2017 at 3:43 pm

    Can you please tell me where you got your quilt panel. I am looking for this exact panel.
    Thank you.

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    • Alanda says

      October 29, 2017 at 5:30 pm

      I bought this panel at a craft fair here in OZ, Karla. Just do a google search for cat machinery panel K2108-10100. I found it online at the Fabric Nook- http://www.thefabricnook.com/shop/cat-machinery-panel-new-k2108-10100/. They are in Australia. It’s a great panel. Good luck with your search.

      Reply
  2. Vi says

    August 27, 2022 at 2:50 am

    Can you tell me how you made the yellow and black border , what are the measurements. Please

    Reply
    • Alanda Craft says

      August 30, 2022 at 9:34 am

      Sorry Vi I don’t have much info on this one and I no longer have it. In the post it mentions that the strip measures 5 3/4″. As for how it was made, from memory we cut the pieces on the diagonal and sewed them together to make a long strip. Unfortunately, I didn’t keep a record of this quilt as it was a one off quilt for my great grandson and I only put up the photos because it turned out so well.

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