Welcome to the Blogger's Quilt Festival - Spring 2013 hosted by Amy at Amy's Creative Side
The Quilt I am entering is a modern eye-spy quilt I made for my daughter completely made from scraps. For me it is actually quite a special quilt as every window has its own story for me. There is fabric I have used in my projects over the years. So there are bits that remind me of friends and family and hopefully Elsie will be able to match up the fabrics in years to come.
I have been on a major scrap bust this year. Many hours have been spent in front of the TV going through my scrap box (which was actually 3 boxes!) sorting them into different size squares and strips. I started fussy cutting some 2 3/4" squares. There are a few repeats of fabric - but each piece is of a different story. Again using scraps I created a film strip look with different colours to create the windows.
So that gets me to the title of this post - 100 fussy cut squares for the quilt top and little MissE spent about 10 minutes (which is impressive for a 2 1/2 year old) looking at it excited to see giraffes, owls, butterflies etc and she looks at me and asks "Where are the pirates mummy"? It seems we like pirates at the moment, and while my stash does not contain pirate fabric (how embarrassing!) I did have a pirate ship. So I made another 2 rows for the back and appliquéd her name.
And to make it even more scrap friendly, I used a scrap piece of bamboo batting and the binding is made up of all leftover binding from other quilts. I have used some gorgeous Golden Book fabric for the backing that was leftover from making some library bags. I just love all the little characters from my favourite childhood books!
Thanks for visiting and be sure to drop by some of the other amazing quilts at the festival.
Details
Size: 30"x 38"
Quilting: simply straight lines by me
Category: Favorite Baby Quilt
The Quilt I am entering is a modern eye-spy quilt I made for my daughter completely made from scraps. For me it is actually quite a special quilt as every window has its own story for me. There is fabric I have used in my projects over the years. So there are bits that remind me of friends and family and hopefully Elsie will be able to match up the fabrics in years to come.
I have been on a major scrap bust this year. Many hours have been spent in front of the TV going through my scrap box (which was actually 3 boxes!) sorting them into different size squares and strips. I started fussy cutting some 2 3/4" squares. There are a few repeats of fabric - but each piece is of a different story. Again using scraps I created a film strip look with different colours to create the windows.
So that gets me to the title of this post - 100 fussy cut squares for the quilt top and little MissE spent about 10 minutes (which is impressive for a 2 1/2 year old) looking at it excited to see giraffes, owls, butterflies etc and she looks at me and asks "Where are the pirates mummy"? It seems we like pirates at the moment, and while my stash does not contain pirate fabric (how embarrassing!) I did have a pirate ship. So I made another 2 rows for the back and appliquéd her name.
And to make it even more scrap friendly, I used a scrap piece of bamboo batting and the binding is made up of all leftover binding from other quilts. I have used some gorgeous Golden Book fabric for the backing that was leftover from making some library bags. I just love all the little characters from my favourite childhood books!
Thanks for visiting and be sure to drop by some of the other amazing quilts at the festival.
Details
Size: 30"x 38"
Quilting: simply straight lines by me
Category: Favorite Baby Quilt
I love how you've created your own "movie" replaying all those scraps and memories...
ReplyDeleteGreat way to use your scraps and have a wonderful quilt. It looks great.
ReplyDeleteI really like your film strip version of an I spy quilt. I'm sure this is going to be a much loved quilt over the years by your daughter.
ReplyDeleteReally sweet I Spy quilt!
ReplyDeleteA very inventive memory quilt! I love the setting and the cheerful colors.
ReplyDeleteGreat I Spy quilt, and I love the "filmstrip" format! Oh, how could you forget the pirates?? Great save!
ReplyDeleteI love how you used different colors in each filmstrip frame row! This is a fantastic quilt!
ReplyDeleteso gorgeous - I love it!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great I spy quilt! So fun to look at!
ReplyDeleteOh what a great quilt for a little one to look at! Wonderful job! :)
ReplyDeleteHow cool! I just love all the fabrics and I see many of my favorites in there. What a fun keepsake for her and you!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a special quilt. No doubt it will be treasured for years to come. Smiles-Beth
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