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
