Juliette's quilt - Part I
January 12, 2013
After some teething issues, Juliette is finally in her big girl bed. Which means I need to get cracking with her quilt. I started it a while back but it has been on the back burner for the last couple of months. I wanted to get back to the true roots of patchwork with this quilt by making something to keep my girl warm from scraps I already had. So far, I have only spent about $20 on the quilt. Most of the fabrics come from my stash with some generous donations from my sister Jules.
I wanted a soft, feminine quilt so have chosen pastel florals, solids and prints. I am not being fussy with placement (apart from alternating each square with the cherry and cream floral). The pieces are approx. 10cm squared. I have estimated that I will be sewing approximately 540 squares together! Sounds like a marathon but I have got an efficient little system of sewing worked out. I sew pairs one after another on the machine, then snip threads and join two pairs together to make quadruples. Then I piece the quadruples together to make strips.
I like that I can use special little favourite pieces and some pieces with a bit of history.
I am starting to wonder what I will do when I have no more quilts to make??
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Hi Suz,
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Have a lovely day, Ana Sofia
I am about to do the same task very soon. I have collected all my vintage fabric, now I just have to start cutting. My little one is about to go into her big bed soon too, so I wanted to make a new quilt for her.
ReplyDeleteI love all the fabrics you have used, cant wait to see the finished product.
This is going to be so pretty! Love this type of quilt - always something special about them, I think!
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