A quick quilt for my Dad's girlfriends daughters son (did you follow all that, lol)!
It's definitely getting quicker each time I make these - it only took about 2hrs to quilt this time.
I've been having a bit of trouble with my Janome feed dogs not raising again properly after I free motion quilt so I thought I'd break out my Singer, I got it at an auction last year and haven't used it, I was a bit scared of it to be honest! Once I finally worked out how to thread it (I printed out a manual), and found how easy it was to lower the feed dogs, it worked great! Its got a lovely big flat area to move the fabric on, I found it got a bit stuck on the thicker seam lines compared to the Janome but I think bigger needles will help with that.
The main fabrics are Robert Kaufman's Urban Zoologie - I cut them into 6" squares and its just plain cotton as the border/binding. I used this pattern again.
I love the little monkeys and owls :) I have heaps of this left over so it will end up being a full size single bed quilt for my son.
This will be my last quilt for a while - I'm part of the way through a Chanel style jacket for my Mum (and geez, its taking forever with all the hand sewing, not sure I would have started if I realised how much time was involved!), halfway through another Lonsdale dress also for my Mum. Then I have a couple of jackets, jeans, more renfrew tops and the couture dress still to sew - Yikes!
It's a great, fun quilt, I love the owls and monkeys!! You're stippling style is really cool, I love how big the loops are. It's always interesting to see how each person has their own unique style!
ReplyDeleteThankyou! and I love the fabric, especially the green owl who has his eyes half shut - he's the cool owl, lol :)
DeleteI haven't gotten around to quilting yet but I think it is the most wonderful of hobbies as you generally do it for other people whereas sewing clothes is mostly for oneself. Nowadays we have relations that we haven't even got names for but your Father's girlfriend's daughter's son is very privileged indeed in having you as a ?????
ReplyDeleteLol, I suppose that he is my stepsisters son, so I'm a kind of Aunty :)
DeleteBut yes - the quilting is a great hobby I'm actually surprised how much I've enjoyed playing with it and its nice to be able to sew for someone else without having to do fittings and worry about style and patterns so much plus it makes a nice gift for a baby/toddler - my Son still sleeps with his cot quilt and he's nearly 9!
I really like the fabrics of this quilt. The result is so cute.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm impressed how fast you work ! 2 hours for quilting: this is the time I need between the "I'm about to work" time and the time I actually work. I remember my quilting teacher saying she needed 400 hours to quilt one project (double bed quilt). Your way is definitely better !
Yikes! 400hours to quilt a double bed quilt! I actually think I'm pretty slow - Elizabeth at Oh! Fransson only takes a couple of hours to quilt a single bed quilt!
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