Though the years as I became more and more interested in quilting, when I happened upon a quilt or quilt pattern that I liked, I would cut it out of the magazine and glue it into the back of my quilt book, or, if I saw it somewhere where I couldn't cut it out, I would draw the pattern into the back cover of my book, thus keeping them all in the same place. This pattern I saw and cut out of a magazine or advertisement for quilt books and figured out how to make it. You see, I'm far too cheap to buy something I can figure out myself, thus sometimes learning things through the school of hard knocks rather than someone else's experiences. Either that, or I enjoy the challenge of figuring it all out myself. Yeah, let's go with that.
Here is Fiona's baby blanket. My sister, Emerald, found the fabric for the large squares - the one that all the other fabrics had to match. It seemed perfect and I immediately found the two dark fabrics that would be perfect. A trip to another store unearthed the light blue, but that lavender eluded me for quite some time, to the point where I thought I would have to start over again. Finally finding all the fabrics, I discovered that the green that I would later use in Karina's quilt with less than perfect satisfaction for me, really made the other colors pop in Fiona's quilt. To have a little fun, I used two different colors of yarn to tie her quilt. I liked the green in the corners, except in the center of the pinwheel. For that I used a lavender yarn with much satisfaction. I even tied it in a new way where there's a bow tied on the top of the blanket, and a tie on the back.
Below is Fiona's large quilt, hand quilted very simply on the diagonal, which is very much my style. Her's in a quilt I continue to look on with much satisfaction. It's always good to get those colors just so. You'll be looking at it a lot longer than that dress that will go out of fashion in a few years. Of all my girls, I think that it was good that I got her quilt just right. She's probably the most likely to follow in my footsteps of sewing/quilting or at least something that will use her artistic eye.
Here is Fiona's baby blanket. My sister, Emerald, found the fabric for the large squares - the one that all the other fabrics had to match. It seemed perfect and I immediately found the two dark fabrics that would be perfect. A trip to another store unearthed the light blue, but that lavender eluded me for quite some time, to the point where I thought I would have to start over again. Finally finding all the fabrics, I discovered that the green that I would later use in Karina's quilt with less than perfect satisfaction for me, really made the other colors pop in Fiona's quilt. To have a little fun, I used two different colors of yarn to tie her quilt. I liked the green in the corners, except in the center of the pinwheel. For that I used a lavender yarn with much satisfaction. I even tied it in a new way where there's a bow tied on the top of the blanket, and a tie on the back.
Below is Fiona's large quilt, hand quilted very simply on the diagonal, which is very much my style. Her's in a quilt I continue to look on with much satisfaction. It's always good to get those colors just so. You'll be looking at it a lot longer than that dress that will go out of fashion in a few years. Of all my girls, I think that it was good that I got her quilt just right. She's probably the most likely to follow in my footsteps of sewing/quilting or at least something that will use her artistic eye.
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