In crafty ways, 2010 was the Year of the Quilt. I got super inspired by Alicia and all her wonderful quilty ways. I had never made one before (just learned to sew last year) but saw her pattern (which explains everything you need to know [and with pictures!] so beautifully). That started it all...
This was the first, a baby quilt with lots of sock monkeys, alphabets, stripes and stars...
Don't they look so great when they get all pucker-y from the dryer when they're finished? That is the addicting part.
Then, I made this behemoth. I found a bunch of vintage sheets that looked super 70s and supplemented them with some other funky fabrics.
Pinning this thing together and somehow (pure miracle) quilting it on my humble machine? I don't actually know how it happened. This picture is horrible (pre-blog, people) but it sorta gives an idea of the scope of it all. Note the sad, stray, lone slipper in the upper right corner, discarded in a fit of hot stress...
Here it is in action last summer. We had the most fun night seeing Saturday Night Fever in The Cemetery complete with a fried-chicken-and-sauvignon-blanc picnic beforehand! BTW, this is an LA summertime MUST!
My sweet niece Olivia arrived in May, as did another baby quilt. I love the pastel polka-dot border on this one...
When autumn rolled around I got super ambitious and decided to take on a more complex pattern. It came from this book of jelly roll quilts. (Jelly rolls are bundles of pre-cut strips of fabric that all compliment each other and save you a ton of time cutting.) Here it is pre-quilting:
I mean, C'mon...
Since I wanted a super-pro finished quilted look, I took the completed top to Cranberry Quiltworks and had it quilted by computerized machine. I love the windy pattern and green thread they helped me choose:
I think it turned out so great!
Happy Thursday!
xoxo
jolie
Oh Jolie, I never got to see the windy pattern one finished!! I LOVE it and sweet Lena just rocks!
ReplyDeleteThe way you've combined colors and textures is awesome, Jolie. I want that peachy, pink, coraly one! Yum!
ReplyDeleteHoly omg, girl!!!!!!!! [jaw hits floor]. You are a wunderkind, then!
ReplyDeleteSeriously. Awesome.
Now I want to make a quilt. . . . Oh, and sit outside (that won't be happ'ning).
[Dreams longingly.]
More soon. xo