The design is 22" square, so I decided to turn it into a mini quilt rather than make another large pillow. I put a hanging sleeve on, so it can be hung on the wall like this:
I know you're always interested in how I approach things, so here's what I did:
1. I foundation paper pieced the coloured curved sections on my machine, as per the pattern in Quilt Lovely.
2. I hand pieced the coloured sections onto the grey background - only because I trusted my hand stitching more than my machine piecing when it comes to curves.
3. I then joined up the 16 square blocks as per the pattern.
4. I marked my quilting lines with chalk pencil and dinner plates, and hand quilted with Aurifil 12 wt and big stitches.
5. I applied the stripy binding and hanging sleeve.
The background fabric is Heath by Alexander Henry in black, although I'd personally call it grey.
I love this mini. and look forward to making even more things from Jen Kingwell's Quilt Lovely book.
14 comments:
Your little quilt is pure perfection and so beautiful! I adore every inch!!
beautiful and the gray makes it striking - thanks for sharing
what a fantastic quilt!! looks beautiful on the wall or on your table!
Lovely, Wendy.
A mini works well, even though I belong to the you-can-never-have too-many-cushions school of thought.
I thought I could machine piece some of Ms Kingwell's curves. I was wrong; your decision to hand piece was the right one.
Beautiful quilt! and so perfectly made,love the used colors.
I love it as a mini too! The background fabric is perfect!
such a pretty design to use in a wall hanging - love the colors and the quilting.
What a lovely quilt! Please use it as a wall hanging ( looks great in the photo) - far too beautiful to chance people spilling coffee onto it! Love your colour choices too.
Lovely fabrics and colour choices. Thanks for the walk thru of your decision process!
I love this as a mini quilt. The fabrics for the sashing and the circles are very nice. I'm having fabric envy!! I thinks scraps would do well in a quilt like this!
Gorgeous, I love this mini! I'm adding it to my to-make list.
it's really pretty! I've got some minis to hang, but have no idea how to do it. They have sleeves but I don't really know what for!
Beautiful. There is just something about Heath that makes it perfect. I enjoy Jen's designs, but haven't succumbed to buying any patterns yet. How do you find them from a practical point of view?
So lovely. All that grey and yet it is still fresh and bright!
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