*I* am going to make a quilt.
I am cheating on my beloved aprons. I have been following Oh, Fransson! for a while and I just LOVE her quilts. I appreciate her talent for putting fabrics and colors together. And I love that they don't look really country cottage when she is done (not that there's anything wrong with that...). A few weeks ago she posed the idea to do a Quilt-a-Long. I was on the fence while reading all of her tutorials and I decided this week that I was going to DO IT. I read her post on choosing colors (anyone who has seen my house in it's various half painted stages knows that color paralyzes me) and headed to the fabric store with Michelle. There I ran into a gal who is doing the same Quilt-a-Long. Small world!
Here is what I chose. We needed six pairs of coordinating fabrics -- for a total of 12. The blue is going to be my binding (unless I change my mind after seeing everything together). The off-white is going to be the sashing between the quilt blocks. The back will be a mixture of the solid green and the pink patterned fabric.
SO - my fabric is in the washing machine. I will probably try to start cutting tonight. I still need to finish Jillise's baptism dress and do two more personal progress wraps (with a tutorial). Something tells me both of those will seem like a piece of cake once I am surrounded with dozens of fabric strips. Wish me luck!!
11 comments:
Go for it!!! It takes more patience than I have to hand quilt. I did a bunch of Xmas quilts for Christmas one year, but I machine stitched them and I didn't have the patience to make them good!!! Fitting all those corners together and getting everything straight......ick. But with your apron experience under your belt, you should be good!!!
Looks like a big project. Good luck--I can't wait to see the final product!
Paige you are going to do great! I think you are going to find a hidden talent and a new passion! Quilting is so much fun! I can't wait to see the result. Were did you get the fabric from? I really like the pink and red prints
i cant wait to see it all come together.....and then you can teach me!! :)
I had so much fun today,and I can't wait to see how your quilt turns out. You can do it!
It's so cool that you are going to make a quilt! I'm almost done with mine. It's in pink, green, purple and blue pastels. I just need to bind and tie mine off. I hope you post the final product when you're done.
I can't wait to see it finished!!! The colors are perfect!
good luck! I've never attempted the quilting thing but the quilt-a-long sounds like fun! great color choices.
I am going to do that challenge as well but have not got to the fabric store yet to pick out my fabrics. Spring Break I am at the beach so that is when I am going to start. Your colors look great! I am making for my daughter so she will appreciate the non-"county" look of it.
Wow Paige--I knew you did darling aprons, but I did not know you are a for real seamstress---doing your daughter's baptism dress---awesome girley! Way to create and craft!
you are awesome! I'd love to make a quilt someday!
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