If you'd told me on Monday that by the end of the week I would have made my first quilt, I wouldn't have believed you, but that's precisely what's happened.
I hadn't intended to make a quilt.
All I did was sit down on a cold, wet,windy day, with a mug of coffee and look through my stash of fabrics.
It was all very innocent.
You know how it is, you start to put them in piles, and think about all the lovely things you could make with them, if only your sewing skills were better.
Suddenly, a light bulb switched on in my head, and I decided that today was the day that I would make a quilt for my cousins baby-to-be.
Before I knew it, my cutting mat and rotary cutter were out, and off I went.
Before I knew it, I'd cut out enough for a little quilt.
Sadly, time wasn't my friend, and I had to stop to go and collect Violet from school. Plus, I needed to pop into town to buy some wadding and backing fabric, which would have to wait until the next day.
My cousin loves Elephants, so I chose this adorable fabric called Funky Elephants by Belleboo.
Here's the finished quilt from the front.
And, the back.
I think I've fallen in love with this Elephant fabric.
Here are some close up photos, so you can see some of the detail (beware, there are quite a few).
Phew!!!! I told you there were quite a few!
This is without a doubt the loveliest thing I've ever made.
As soon as Violet saw it, she wanted it. So I've had to promise that I'll make one for her too.
A lot of the fabrics used in this quilt were off cuts from previous projects, like the Liberty Hello Kitty fabric I used for Violet's blouse, and the Amy Butler Love fabric I used to make a tote bag. However, quite a few of the little itty bitty scraps of fabric, like the London & San Francisco, the clothing, balloons, paper hats, etc were purchased as a scrap bundle off the Internet. I'll definitely be purchasing some more of these.
Details:
Quilted front consists of odds and sods of stashed, and scrap bundle fabrics.Backing fabric: Funky Elephants in Pink/Green by Belleboo (£13 per metre). 100% cotton.
Binding/Edging fabric: Kitschenette Spot (£16 per metre). 100% cotton.
Wadding: 100% polyester (washable & flame retardant) (£4 per metre).
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
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It's absolutely beautiful. The fabrics you've used are perfect, I love the little girl hula hooping, and I agree about the elephants, fabulous.
ReplyDeleteOh it has turned out beautifully Jill! You must be thrilled to bits. May it be the first of many ;-)
ReplyDeleteOoh creative play at its best! Love it and how it came together. Such a beautiful piece and I have some of the cute elly fabric too, must use it!
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful Jill!! I love the little houses in a row fabric and the places ones - London and so on - they make it not too babyish, but still bright and fun for a baby or small child. No wonder Violet wants one too - you will be an expert quilter before you know it. I think that you did amazingly well for your first ever quilt. xx
ReplyDeletewow Jill it's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThat is fantastic, especially for a first attempted and a rather spur of the moment thing!
ReplyDeleteIt's brilliant, and I really like this whole thing for making quilts for babies, so nice that they get to keep something so special from their early years - we were lucky to use some crocket blankets made by my Gran...for my Dad, I assume? but I would have loved a homemade quilt. Hope you haven't been blown or washed away - this weather is driving me crazy! Bethxx
ReplyDeleteI love it. I used to make these as "story telling" quilts to encourage children to make up stories using the pictures. You chose some fab fabrics - I love it xx
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