G. and I collaborated on our first quilt for a church member. This has been my most rewarding quilting experience to date. I found that I actually am having trouble giving away this quilt I love it so much. This is for a new baby, but the mother requested these colors: eggplant, mustard, red, gray--no pastels. We searched through our stashes for materials using these colors and here is what we found. I love how 75% or more of the fabrics came to us secondhand. That beautiful purple backing is from Thriftown. All of the linen in the quilt was from upcycled thrift store dresses. 90% of the fabrics I contributed were from garage or estate sales. I love being able to reuse what others might have thrown away, and to be able to produce something this beautiful from cast offs is pretty amazing. Thanks G. for your idea. Although this quilt is for a baby, it would probably fit a twin bed. We made it 45" x 64".
6 comments:
I love it! I was looking at all of your quilts and wondering how hard it was to give them away after all that work.
Wow! You're a quilting fool and you're good, really good. That is a super cool quilt. I like the pattern and color combos and the lone strip on the back. Nice work. Did you ever see that postage stamp series of quilts? Pretty amazing stuff.
It so beautiful...Obachan must have passed her gift to you...MOM
This is my favorite! I especially love the back. I love the large "baby" quilts my kids received because they still get used all the time. In fact, even the little ones do, but the big ones are definitely better. These are beautiful, Angela!
oh you just inspire me!! I need to learn how to quilt!! I need to learn to do that straight line. I think I can...I think I can....I think i can!!!!! I CAN!!!
Ok...i almost believe it!
You are an amazing crafter!! These quilts are just beautiful!! Wish you lived close so you could teach me!
can't wait for the next project!!!
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