Welcome to this week's TGIFF party! Before I get to my finish, though, I want to let you know that registration is open for my Moments with Jesus QAL and Devotional Journey. This is a 40 day event leading up to Easter, and it's one of my favourite parts of the year 😊 Go to this post or this video for all the details.
And now, on to my most recent finish!
The Stash Artists pattern for January is Blooming Beautiful. I had so much fun choosing fabrics for this quilt!
Each flower has seven fabrics for the petals, plus one for the center. A couple of fabrics are featured in two flowers, but most of them are only used once, meaning there are over 120 fabrics in this baby quilt.
With that many fabrics, it seemed only right to use an abundance of thread colours, too! I used these 12 Aurifil colours, plus a couple more I chose after taking the picture, to zig zag stitch around the applique shapes.
When it came time for the quilting, I chose Aurifil 1125 (medium teal) for a loopy meander. I also stitched around each applique shape once as I came to it.
Stitching between the flower petals and the centers really showed how inconsistent I was with the space between them when I positioned the applique pieces. No one other than me (and you because I showed you) will ever notice that, though.
With a solid white for the backing, the blue quilting shows up so well!
With Aiden and Zachary both home for Christmas, sewing was moved back down to the kitchen for a few days, so that's where I attached the binding. My grandmother gave me that white ceramic Christmas tree when I was in high school (the same grandmother I made the Merry Mini quilt for).
Between the short days, the windy weather, and my own lack of interest in doing it (let's be honest here 🤣), I didn't get outdoor pictures for this post, but I'm really loving this space in our dining room for indoor quilt pictures. It ma not be as inspiring as a beach photography session, but it's much more appropriate for January in Newfoundland!
That's my finish! What have you finished lately? Link it up below and be sure to visit a few of the other links to celebrate their finishes with them.
No two flowers in nature are perfect (or the same), either. I think it's a really lovely quilt and it certainly sounds packed full of fabrics and memories.
ReplyDeleteA very cute baby quilt! Better to take the picture indoors, this happy looking quilt needs a Spring-time outdoor picture background, LOL!
ReplyDeleteSo fun, and happy!
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