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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