A Little Quilt and a Big Thank You
Hey peeps, I’m back! Sort of. I just finished the binding on this little quilt. I’m almost embarrassed. My IRL sewing friends always give me flack for going to the dark side – quilting! But ever since I discovered that I didn’t have to quilt the darn thing myself it was like a whole new world opened up!
I got the simple pattern for this for free and I just so happened to have four coordinating fabrics in my stash (some of the only quilting cotton that is in my stash) that would work well for this pattern.
I think all the prints are from the same collection, there’s foxes and woodpeckers on trees and the “Friends of the Forest” tree with a bunch of cute animals. I had enough fabric left that I made bias binding out of the woodpecker print. The two bias tape tools I have are some of my favorite things in my sewing room. I love that I can whip up my own bias whenever I want.
With credit for long arm quilting, already owning the fabric and having extra batting around the house this quilt feels like it was free (ok, I had to pay for the back).
The quilt is pretty small, it’s more like a big baby quilt and the print is kind of juvenile, too. I don’t have any babies around lately to give this quilt to. Maybe in the future it will be a gift. For now it’ll just have to be satisfied with being another couch quilt.
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Also, thanks for all the thoughtful comments on my last post. I really appreciate the support and while I know it’s a touchy subject I certainly don’t want to alienate anyone. I think you get what I mean so no more heavy topics, let’s get back to more sewing, right!?
Lovely QUilt !! Happy Sewing ..
very cute! i love the les amis collection. i bought a ton of the fox fabric in orange to make PJ pants. of course, i haven’t done it yet.
It’s beautiful! I really like the colours and the prints are very cute. 🙂
Haterz gon’ hate. I don’t get the quilting hate among garment sewers. I like both–and not having to part with my pretty scraps if I don’t want to. Your quilt is sew cute.
It’s really very pretty! And, I love the nature theme of it.
It’s really nice Dixie!! I made a quilt (*cough cough*, a couple of years ago now) and stupidly decided to hand quilt it. It’s the size of a king bed and so far I’ve managed to complete quilting one row. So maybe in ten years I’ll be finished hahahahaha.
Love the fabrics and colors in this one. Isn’t custom bias binding the best? I love it. 🙂
Lovely little quilt! I have as many unfinished quilt projects on my table as I do garment WIPs and like being able to switch back and forth depending on my mood. 🙂
thanks, i’m like that sometimes. if i just want to sew something i don’t have to concentrate too hard on i’ll sew bits of a quilt top as a little sewing therapy. and then later i’ll go back to a more complicated garment.
Oh my gosh, what a beautiful quilt! I especially love the pop that the binding gives.
Why is there so much drama between quilters and garment sewers? I like making both!