I don't have a tendency toward chabby chic as such, although somewhere in the back of my girl brain there is something soothing about roses and pretty prints. Something I know my grandmother would have loved!!!!
A few years ago on my Small Quilt Talk group Kathy put it to us to create a romantic themed quilt using a small star block. We could do whatever we wanted, be it small quilt, table-runner, candle mat etc. Here is a link to Kathy's online group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smallquilttalk/
I scanned the fabrics at my old LQS and there were lots of lovely dreamy romantic fabrics that I never really noticed before - this time they just jumped off the shelf and I brought home a small collection to make a small romantic quilt!!
This was back in July 2010. I designed a small quilt using the star block Kathy had given us and made the top......then it just lay among the forgotten unfinished flimsys - well, a couple of weeks ago I dug it out and decided to get it quilted.
I found some backing fabric, discovered I still had enough of the pink print I used in the sashing to make up the binding and hooray!! all done.......
The blocks in this quilt finish at 5"x 5", and the overall size is 24 1/2"x 24 1/2".
I've called this quilt "Vintage Romance".
I wanted a sweet romantic quilting design too!!! These little hearts were just perfect!!!!!
I am really quite pleased with how this turned out, just love the romance of it.......
Another finish that has been long in the making is my 'Abundance' doll quilt. An inspiration from Lori's blog. http://humblequilts.blogspot.com/ It is hand quilted, washed and crinkled just right!!! This has a touch of romance about it too!!!!!
Here is a close-up of the handquiting!!! I just played around with stright lines and a few curves!!! The finished size of this is 12"x 12".
In my last post I showed a sneak peak of a small sampler quilt I was working on, the Schoolgirl Sampler Quilt. It is another of Kathy Tracy's designs from her book "Prairie Children and their Quilts". Mainly handquilted, I also used a few plaids, which I have very little of in my stash.
Here are a couple of close-ups:
The blocks in this quilt finish at 4"x 4".
These were fun projects, and seemed to take ages as my leisure time is definitely at a premium, but I love the results, it all gets done in the end!!!!!
Hope you all get time to finish you projects despite a busy life! Thankyou all for visiting and we'll catch up soon.
Take it easy,
Merilyn
12 comments:
Beautiful projects! I love seeing them quilted.
You have a lovely selection of romantic fabrics ;-)
Thank you for sharing.
Everything looks wonderful Merilyn! :0)
3 finished quilts! I'm sure that feels great! Nice soft colours in 'Vintage Romance', not my cup of tea for sure. But still it's nice for a change. Abundance and the Sampler quilt is more up my alley and their just gorgeous!
Vintage Romance is beautiful! You have me wanting to get out my dreamy florals. I still have a lot of Moda's Folk Art Wedding line. Your quilted hearts are perfect - not a wonky one in sight! Well done.
Love your fabric selection for Abundance. Didn't take you too long to finish this one.
Love how you quilted the pinwheel block in your little sampler quilt. I love what plaids contribute to a quilt.
You sure have done a lot for not having much sewing time!
Vintage Romance is gorgeous!
All 3 of your quilting projects turned out beautiful!
I always love your choice of fabrics!
Lovely finishes... all of them! Love your collection of romantics!
Lovely little finishes Merilyn. You seemed to enjoy these little projects and seemed happy/sad to finish them. That means there is another lovely little quilt just around the corner!
I love the little quilts Merilyn, I think we pretty much have the same passion and taste for repros and vintage.
Rose quilts are very romantic and can be vintage at the same time...
Julia ♥
Merilyn, yay so good to see you blogging again!! i lnow what you mean about the shabby chic prints, i've got a few i bought about the same time as you bought yours and i still haven't used them. i really like the look of your little star quilt..nice & shabby & not too girly lol! Oh but i simply love your little Abundance quilt, it looks positively vintage. Clever you, i really like how you fussy cut the brown/red/teal print, i've got that fabric too but haven't used it yet.. thanks for the inspiration :))) cheers...Marian x
i've come by your blog via Dawn's (Collector With a Needle) and my first stop was to see your sewing eggs which i find interesting but have never seen before. thank you for sharing those and good luck on the hunt for more to add to your collection.
all of the quilts in this post are very nice and i agree your
'Abundance' quilt looks quite romantic. very pretty.
always love seeing some hand quilting and yours is beautifully done~!
:-)
libbyQ
Beautiful finishes! Love your hand quilting, lovely fabric selections and perfect piecing. A little fussy cutting on Abundance. Very well done! Love your collection of scissors.
Very nice job! Your romantic vintage quilt is my favorite and the quilting is lovely.
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