Just a short post to say I have washed one of the quilts I made my boys..... and it survived! I was a bit nervous that the binding would fall apart!
I just dropped it in on a regular cycle and it came out undamaged ~ but much cleaner!
I recently began quilting and would like to share my journey xx
Thursday 28 July 2011
Sunday 24 July 2011
My boys Quilts
I bought the fabric for the boys quilts from spotlight (on sale of course)... I like lots of different blues and greens for the boys, and I thought the fabric was bright and funky!
I have discovered that when you use fabric with stripes you cant always cut it to match the lines... good thing I am not too pedantic about it, and once it is all together you really don't notice :)
For the backing of the quilts I did Toby's first (my 9 months old) and I just used a plain light blue fabric... which really is not the best as you can see EVERY stitch!! So for Byron's I bought a patterned backing which hides the stitching! Since then I have bought the exact same fabric (in various colours) for all of my backing fabrics...
Every quilt teaches me something new
Eustacia x
I have discovered that when you use fabric with stripes you cant always cut it to match the lines... good thing I am not too pedantic about it, and once it is all together you really don't notice :)
For the backing of the quilts I did Toby's first (my 9 months old) and I just used a plain light blue fabric... which really is not the best as you can see EVERY stitch!! So for Byron's I bought a patterned backing which hides the stitching! Since then I have bought the exact same fabric (in various colours) for all of my backing fabrics...
Every quilt teaches me something new
Eustacia x
Finally Finished
I finally finished quilts for my 2 boys!
This one is for my 9 month old...
This one is for my 3 year old...
This one is for my 9 month old...
Introduction
Hello there,
My name is Eustacia, I am a wife and mother of 2 boys with another bub due at the end of the year. I have always loved arts and crafts, however, not until the beginning of 2011 did I discover the joys of quilting!
I joined a craft group to relax and do my beading, however, after several weeks of viewing gorgeous quilts created by my fellow crafters I knew I had to have a go at one myself. That was in March... I have now COMPLETED 2 quilts, have 4 partially completed, helped my 12 year old sister to create her own quilt and have almost completed a quilted craft bag to carry my supplies in. I am addicted!
I have to admit that I do not think I would have been as interested in quilting, if I not had access to the quilting machine at my craft group ~ I cannot begin to imagine how exhausting it would be to quilt a double quilt on my little machine at home!
Through this blog I hope to keep a record of all the quilts I create and a little story behind how the fabrics have been chosen and who it has been created for
Thanks for reading,
Eustacia x
My name is Eustacia, I am a wife and mother of 2 boys with another bub due at the end of the year. I have always loved arts and crafts, however, not until the beginning of 2011 did I discover the joys of quilting!
I joined a craft group to relax and do my beading, however, after several weeks of viewing gorgeous quilts created by my fellow crafters I knew I had to have a go at one myself. That was in March... I have now COMPLETED 2 quilts, have 4 partially completed, helped my 12 year old sister to create her own quilt and have almost completed a quilted craft bag to carry my supplies in. I am addicted!
I have to admit that I do not think I would have been as interested in quilting, if I not had access to the quilting machine at my craft group ~ I cannot begin to imagine how exhausting it would be to quilt a double quilt on my little machine at home!
Through this blog I hope to keep a record of all the quilts I create and a little story behind how the fabrics have been chosen and who it has been created for
Thanks for reading,
Eustacia x
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