Finally, I bought the Flea Market Fancy Collection by Denise Schimidt.
It took awhile, but I bought it.
Ah, such a beautiful thing! How is it possible to find the power to cut such a grand treasure?
I thought, “if it has to be cut, it will only be a little.”
There’s no chance that I will make big mean pieces that will destroy my whole beautiful collection.
No, I don’t accept this!
Ah, but a collection like this deserves a quilt!
A quilt is a good idea. I will cut only a little, together with the white and it’s made!
Ready! I found the solution to my problem. Choosing an economical block was the rule of the game!
I worked with Half Square Triangles and constructed this quilt in a few days.
A little fabric, but a big result! ;D
The excitement was so strong that as a result, the joyous colorful quilt was exactly what the collection deserved.
For the lining, I chose thin green stripes. Look how cool the quilting is with fabric.
Making
the quilt was very simple, straight lines all around. What I thought
was super cool was that the quilting valued the top triangles and in the
lining, it formed this design that gained more power with the stripes!
;D
Ah, the binding I chose is this really pretty plaid from Fernando Maluhy. The fabric is printed this way to form a bias pattern.
I didn’t need to cut the strips in the binding to have this effect that I liked so much!!!! =)
The
quilt only brought me happiness, because beyond having stayed so
pretty, it didn’t cost me much fabric from my collection! =D
“Up” is already available in my Etsy Shop.
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Nowadays, my body forces me to slow down.
I was always considered “Allegro con fuoco”, now I have to accept the title “Adagio”
Since my fall, I reduced my pace and it definitely hasn’t made me suffer.
Instead, I am realizing other things that I have never noticed. All those small details...
Making
a quilt demands this current pace. A lot of peace and tranquility is
needed to have an end result leaving you happy and hearing your daughter
say “awesome!”
I finished this quilt on the weekend. I quilted with calmness and put the bindings on even more calmly!
The result: peace and tranquility, maybe a consequence from the white color.
The happiness? Probably from the small colored squares...
But now I see clearly. I had to fall, to hurt myself to see that the rhythm was wrong.
It’s life giving me a new chance...
I quilted without rushing and enjoying each detail of the production!
My
new quilt is already available in the store. It is a super cute baby
quilt, perfect to give as a gift for that baby in your heart.
Slowly, but always...making quilts...
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Organizing the photos for this post is what gave me an idea of how much time it took to finish this job.
My quilt, using these dear fabrics, was ready at last!
Bought in July of last year, my favorite fabrics of the collection, Sherbet Pips by Aneela Hoey, weren’t touched for a good amount of time.
Difficult to cut, get it?
Aneela Hoey is a brilliant artist that I have followed for a long time. When she announced that Moda would make fabrics with her illustration, I almost went crazy.
I already made a quilt with Little Apples, but my desire is definitely to have every fabric from Aneela.
Not to mention the embroidery patterns ! Oh my!
I finally got the courage to choose a simple pattern (Small Plates by Elizabeth Hartman)
that wouldn’t “shred” the print. I cut the pieces of fabric, but it’s
still possible to see the girl’s head and the dog’s tail! hahahaha
I joined other dear prints together and was assembling the work without rushing.
And it was during this job that I used the free quilting of my Horizon for the first time and it didn’t disappoint. The machine was worth every cent!
I worked a plaid print in the lining, a pale pink color on the top part of the quilt and put a strip of patterned pieces.
I think that I gave a great sweetness with this rose color and small plaid print!
It took days and days to hand stitch the binding, but it’s a thing that I love to do! I even had helpers. ^_ ^
I am extremely happy with the result, after all with fabric this beautiful it is easy to keep the job enjoyable! =)
My new quilt is already available in my Etsy Shop.
So cute, made with a lot of care and all the poetry of Aneela Hoey’s prints.
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I
freak out when I see cloth in the garbage. You can call me crazy, but I
don’t care! People that sew and have a serious business with quilts can
see in each snip of cloth, a world of possibilities.
Many scraps, in this cold weather and with help from my Bernardo, began the process of this baby quilt on the weekend.
It’s still an unfinished job, but I think that I will quilt today due to the rain.
Guys, how about my son’s idea to put the strips together? He has potential! ;D
After to trim the blocks, it was very hard to throw the remains
in the garbage....But it’s impossible it use them any more! =(
I
was wanting to make this project for a long time, but it only happened
now! It’s a very popular pattern in the modern world. I made some
alterations of size and liked the result!
And the last step, which might be boring, made a big difference...a very hot iron!
White or colored cotton really keeps life warm, don’t you agree?!
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