April 30, 2009

• What do transformers, pirates and owls have in common?

  The answer: quilts!

  I’ve always been really intimidated by quilting… however, a friend of mine borrowed my sewing machine recently to make a quilt, and she made it seem so fun and easy that I just had to try myself!

  So, here it is! They’re just 6×6 squares with a small bird applique on one square as the *point*.

  Bird applique
  

  

  After my first quilt, I became so enamored with quilting that I wanted to try out another one right away… So that same weekend, I took a trip to Joanns and bought this awesome fabric to make a quilt that would look good in my living room.

  On the couch… I ended up making pillow covers to match with the quilt! It makes our apartment look really asian and pretty.
  

  Full length
  

  Close up of the pattern (I love this fabric SO MUCH)
  
  

  So after making my first two quilts ever in one weekend you would think I would have wanted to take a break… But no! Instead I decided to up the ante and try to make an actual comforter sized blanket… And here it is! I’m really proud of it — I didn’t have to buy any fabric at all. This was all made from fabrics I had on hand at home. It was really challenging and I probably won’t do anything like it again in the near future — but it was a really great learning experience!

  I kept seeing this “coinstack” pattern everywhere that looked oh-so-pretty, so I just took it by ear, and it came out pretty well, I think!

  Close up: I never in a million years thought I would be using transformers, pirate and owl fabric in the same project.
  

  Full length
  

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