About 18 months ago, a friend of mine (Jenna) saw some of my quilts. She mentioned that she had been collecting fabric fat quarters for years hoping to one day make them into a quilt, but that she doubted she would actually ever get around to actually doing it! At the time, I didn't have a need for any quilts myself, and couldn't justify the expense of something just for fun. So I offered to make a quilt for her!
When she brought the fabric pieces to me, I was thrilled, as they were so colorful and happy! I was excited to figure out what to do with them! She wasn't picky about what I did, so I decided to try something I had been wanting to do for years: make a quilt where each block of the quilt is a different pattern. Jenna wanted a lot of white in the background, so I began going through my quilt block book and choosing designs, then matching them with different fabrics.
It took me quite a few months to piece this quilt (including summer vacation, during which I really don't do ANY sewing! :( ), but during Christmas break of 2013 I buckled down and finally got it finished! I gave the top to her to be quilted, as it would be too difficult on my machine. I do all my own quilting on my regular sewing machine (a Janome Craftmaster), but a quilt like this has SO many corners that I knew it would just break my needles. When I quilted my own Postage Stamp quilt (I'll post it soon!), I had to replace my needle numerous times from trying to sew over so many corners!
Jenna was thrilled with the quilt, and I had so much fun doing it! She has decided that what she really likes to do is pottery, so she gave me hand-thrown pottery pieces that she has made in exchange for the quilt. I LOVE the pottery, and whenever I have guests, they always ask about getting her to make them pottery!
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| Myself and Jenna with the quilt top |
1 comment:
Springtime colors deluxe! So pretty.
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