Made for Dave and the cats, who now live in Santa Cruz. The moose pattern has been his favorite, and we affectionately call Laker "moose" so it felt especially appropriate. Instead of the usual size, I used some chunky yarn leftover from a pair of hats we've got and some vampire-slaying needles. It turned out looking great, I should keep that in mind for more.
Friday, December 15, 2023
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
quilt in a week
My cousin is having a baby soon, and mom wisely suggested I sit down in my sewing room and try to make a quilt. The creativity hasn't been moving too well for a long time and the stash cabinet has been neglected, but it was fun to sift through and find some beautiful things.
This fabric was an extra from an order at the height of the pandemic (from Hawthorn Threads maybe?). It's quite a nice, thicker weight cotton with just a small amount of sheen and was meant to be a pre-printed pattern to cut out to make kitschy masks. Well, I didn't do that since I had a lot made already, but I did like the prints so it got folded up and stashed.
It was relatively quick work to cut things out, rearrange, and sew them back together in simple patchwork style. The colors are really classy together, so I had to add these quirky kitties on the back to lighten up the mood a bit, and I used a really pretty pink, gold, and gray feather print for the binding.
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
pineapple quilt finished
I had the batting for this cut and ready since literally July 2020, but it just hasn't happened until now. I can't say that I love the process of basting, and I just wasn't sure how I wanted to quilt this one. I ended up using gray thread in simple x's to blend in with the piecing rather than to try to augment it in any way. The geometric alpacas on the back make me smile, and I think riff off of the intense pointy-ness of the pineapple block in a really pleasing way.
When we first moved in, I had ideated this quilt for our living room downstairs, but I think I'm going to keep this on on my hip pink chair in the craft room. I can remember finding the fabrics at Back Porch Fabrics in Pacific Grove on one of our trips down there. I think I bought all fat quarters to make this on that trip - I was at that table for quite a while!
I started this in March 2020... how times have changed!
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