I’m loving making crib quilts right now.
This is the twin to the last quilt I made. I used pink Aurifil thread and some extra grey Cotton + Steel fabric on the backing.
The batting is wool, and I like that. It adds a nice layer of puffiness.
I think this Cotton + Steel print is sweet and perfect for a tiny baby girl.
The quilting here is a bit more random, but I stuck with the basic X and straight lines to create a pretty and consistent movement.
I hope everyone has been well.
This crib size baby quilt is 54″ x 41″ and has a cotton batting. We aren’t sure if our friend’s baby is a boy or a girl, and not knowing that allowed for me to play a lot with color and some prints. I pieced together the top earlier this year, of course using Aurifil thread. The binding are batiks I had left over from another quilt.
This quilt reminds me of watching the sunrise over the Atlantic ocean, something I’ve been able to enjoy pretty often lately. The quilt backing fabrics are both Cotton + Steel. I love the pink’s lushness.
I used a deep gold thread to machine quilt this. In all spots that looked like a square I made an X and filled in the rest of the quilt with lines. The ocean often has pockets of smooth water on the surface and I thought of those spaces while I was making X’s.
A thank you to my husband for holding up the quilts!
I find machine quilting on cotton batting to be a lot smoother and quicker experience than with wool batting. The fibers in wool are much more like a bramble. Cotton typically settles down with itself. What do you like to use for batting?
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This quilt started last year as two separate pieces from an in-person class at Country Roads Quilt Shoppe and a Carolyn Friedlander paper piecing creativebug tutorial. After combining the two pieces into one I added a border to even out the prints and piecing.
From West Virginia to Las Vegas and then to Virginia, this quilt was snuggled under after becoming only a sandwich! It also had a lot of machine quilting removed and redone; I found this task trying, but necessary.
For the paper piecing I used the scrap stash, with many of the fabrics being from Moda.
Quilting free form lines mesmerizes me because of the movement given to the quilt.
Many of these fabrics are from projects I completed prior to making this blog. It’s wonderful to see those scraps from previous projects, efforts, and little things of love I sent off in the world.
The main border fabric is from “Honeymoon” by Sarah Watts for Cotton + Steel. It reminds me of James Wright.
Since I’m a Robert Kaufman and Carolyn Friedlander fan this wide backing was perfect. It adds a nice softness.
The sunlight gives the machine quilting great shadows. Aurifil thread was used on this quilt.
One quilt done and another one on the way.
Our Kickstarter is going amazingly well. Thank you to all the supporters and those that have enjoyed the work. We’re really excited to being working on a new series of embroidery projects, and to be expanding Brambleton Threads.
This flannel quilt is simple in its appearance and construction. I was thinking a baby’s close up view of the world, about the spaces between the meeting of matter, and how those meetings blur into lines.
The finished size is 57″ by 58″. Robert Kaufman flannel is the front fabric. Aurifil thread is used for the sewing and quilting.
For the back fabric a plain blue Robert Kaufman quilting cotton. The print fabrics used in the backing and binding are from Abi Hall’s collection “Jurassic Jamboree” for Moda.
Here is the original concept. Creating one-off designs is one of the reasons I love to make quilts and embroidery pieces. Translating an idea from one form to the next presents a natural challenge for me.
We are launching a Kickstarter later today for a one-off embroidery series! Click here to check it out. Thanks for the support and kind words.
2016, like all years, has been incredible. This embroidered piece is influenced by the many sunrises I caught this year; waking up in the dawn’s dark is one of my favorite activities.
After the embroidery was finished, I machine quilted the double wool batting with gold Gutermann thread.
The front up close.
The blue behind.
Thanks for stopping by at any point during this year and after!
Lately I haven’t been feeling like being on the computer because of all the new parts of life. There has been plenty to blog about, but not as much of my energy to go around. With the colder weather I’m sure I will find my way inside…maybe!
This tote is for one of my dearest friends. She is a strong, well-spoken, hardworking, fun, silly woman, and is always there for those in her life. She loves the world and the people in it.
She is classic, graceful, with a pop of daring, and the colors and lines of this bag attempt to capture those qualities.
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Machine quilting is one of my favorite activities because I love the way quilted lines texture the fabric. This quilted bag came in to being for a friend’s birthday gift. It is sturdy and brightly colored. The fabric is a combination of recent acquisitions and old fabrics waiting to be used.
A close up on the handles.
The inside is not quilted. I used the School of Sewing‘s construction, with some personalized touches, such a size and fabrics.
What type of handmade gifts do you like to give?
These projects waited on binding for some time. Both applique patterns are by Carolyn Friedlander. The first is from Creativebug, a website that offers amazing tutorials.
This project is from Savor Each Stitch, but this is the backside. Check out the front here.
This tote was a request I was happy to sew. It is a big tote, and will carry many items. Detailed photos to follow soon.
The sun’s light stuns me everyday. Watching it rise is an inspiration and gift. That giant ends up in many of my creations.
Have a beautiful weekend.
Eighty squarish circles later and I am feeling pleased to the max with the colors: I’m still in the sea.
The pattern is Carolyn Friedlander’s Aerial Grove from her book Savor Each Stitch. Check her work out, and you will be picking up some fabric quickly.
One of the strips was appliqued by my auntie during her visit and I completed the rest.
Have a wonderful weekend!
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