quilt

Have you noticed, people pay attention to some days?

07.07.2007 and 08.08.2008 were declared auspicious dates and numerous weddings and other special events took place.

What about 20.07.2007 and 20.08.2008?

I do not really remember the first date, but yesterday… I sent my Doll Quilt Swap Four quilt to my partner. Read the rest of this entry »

The quilt is ready. Or it was supposed to be… It hangs on my kitchen wall ready for its next wash and pictures.
I find some minor problems about it every day… and have not made my mind whether I have to mend some parts. Well, I have to decide about these mending dilemmas and consider it ready this week. I have not made any pictures yet, but I will as soon as I place it in my completed projects list.

This is some of the quilting.

I completed 90% of it, then noticed some tension problems, my family decided it is all quilted too much… some quilting removal took place… and quilting again…

This all led to a new look I am not quite sure about.

And my initial idea was to quilt only the leaves… it would be so much easier if have not changed my mind to more complex quilting and experiment

I will show the completed quilt pretty soon and plan to send by the end of next week.

The top was pieced shortly after I posted here that the design was finally chosen.

I had some photo problems however, so I was not able to post it earlier. The photo shows the top almost done. This is the top before trimming the white border and adding an outer cream border.

It will be free motion quilted and I think of binding it in either pink or green, but it way may add a kind of candy look, so I have not decided yet.

It is quite simple, but I do hope my partner will like it.

This is a birthday gift I made recently. It was a special order for a very special little boy from a family friend - his loving grandmother.

The chicken quilt is big enough to be used by an adult, but it is also cheerful enough to be enjoyed by a kid. It is bright but not too energizing on the front with the blue and green around the happy chicken, while the orange back is just the perfect morning energizer.

I really had to add the bear, of course. I just love to add it!

The bear was my present for the boy to go along with the quilt and accompany the birthday present we bought for him.

And he liked both bear and quilt and even wrapped himself in it!

I told you I like quilting for kids. That is why! But it seems I forgot to mention I enjoy making bears for kids too.

I do enjoy making baby quilts.
Especially if it is a newborn baby gift.

This is the latest one - made for a small boy.

It was an order from a lady that found my web site and needed a quick and touching baby gift. I had a week to complete it and send it to her. It was quite a pressure along the other projects, but it was a baby quilt so it was also great pleasure for me to make it, pack it and send it.

Doll Quilt Swap quilt’s colors, fabrics, appearance and pieces are ready. They just need few hours with me and my machine to get ready.

I spent too much time on considering various options - mainly regarding fabric. I will mail abroad /which is not a secret as I am in Bulgaria/ and there is no way to get the kind of small prints in the colors I would like here if I want to stick to Bulgarian fabrics. Oh, I wish I had a quilt shop around!

This was quite a concern and it led to choosing solids - trying to achieve a fresh, simple and hopefully traditionally-contemporary look /as I obviously avoid to keep things simple about this swap/.

After the first really mixed feelings of what to choose and what my partner likes according to her blog, I decided to be really true to myself and make something I will happily hung in my house - almost minimalistic design and moderate quilting, with fresh appearance and in the colors I am almost in loved with lately.

Fabrics have been cut 5 minutes after the design plan was “approved”. One thing in which I was fast!

No sewing so far has taken place but pictures of the top will come shortly. Hopefully.

I have already mist a sewing day, despite of the urge to start, finish and wash the quilt right away. Well, sea water was just great today and we had a wonderful swimming experience.

I finally made my mind on the color choice.
I gave up my favorite colors as they are really bright and this makes them difficult to match another person’s tastes and interior. I mean bright orange, neon green and similar. You see, they are not for just anybody’s favorite colors.

So it will be in the rainbow colors - the ones on the blog header. And because I will soon change the header, here they are again:

I hope my partner likes these colors. They seem to be safe as they are so universal. We will see…

The truth is I like them so much lately that I just could not resist them. Usually I am not in that type of soft, pastel and a kind of predictable colors. But it seems I am getting into a soft colors period.