Yesterday was a friend's wedding. I knew about the wedding since January, and sometime in the Spring, I decided to make a gift - I'm crafty, I have a ton of fabric, and a lot of time... And so time went on, and on, and on...
This past week, I did not think a gift would happen, so I planned to just get a gift card or cash. Friday night, I started thinking and remembering seeing some quick to make quilts, and Saturday morning, I checked them out and very quickly hatched a plan... Based on this site, I decided to do the same!
4 hours later I had my quilt! (Well it would have taken longer if I had taken any breaks, but I was a madwoman, remember?)
I did a few things differently though...
Instead of using spray basting, I used 16 pins to baste the batting to the backing, and sewed 5 seams attaching the batting to the backing. I used 100% cotton batting, so the backing fabric clung nicely to the batting! Then I proceeded to attach my strips of fabric. I used Anna Maria Horner's LouLOUthi (I got mine from Sew Love Fabrics on etsy.) I had not cut into them yet, and I have no idea when I would have, but they are so beautiful and I thought my friend would love them. Someone commented on the site I got the tutorial from that they use a fleece Ikea blanket to sew strips to instead of using batting and backing. I'd like to try this too - definitely a time saver and easier, and cuddly, but not the look I was going for.
Next time I make one of these quilts, I'll take more pictures, but I was clipping threads right up until we left, and we had some grumpiness and stress happening here...
And now for something completely different: check out my friend Nell's site!
She's an awesome artist, and she's wearing a different striped outfit everyday for a month!
