The Bird Quilt, and the evil border collie looks on....
Quilt close-up
We learned how to properly sew binding - and not to choose white thread!
My dog Schped thought that we put the blanket on the ground for him to lay on, of course.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Bird Quilt
The second quilt we made for the twin beds upstairs was the Bird Quilt. This one, a very simple four-patch design, is still one of my favorite things we've sewn. It was a learning process in terms of color choice and fabric selection. For instance, that purple fabric is horrific. It's uglier than ugly. It's truly fugly. But in this quilt, it works. It makes it. Part of the art of making something like this is finding the pieces that work, and sometimes (often times, in fact) the pieces are something you think you would never choose. Agonizing over what fabric to use with the birds and the gray-green and finally choosing that horrid purple was, looking back on it, one of those obvious revelations that piqued my interest in sewing and designing even more.
The Bird Quilt, and the evil border collie looks on....
Quilt close-up
We learned how to properly sew binding - and not to choose white thread!
My dog Schped thought that we put the blanket on the ground for him to lay on, of course.
The Bird Quilt, and the evil border collie looks on....
Quilt close-up
We learned how to properly sew binding - and not to choose white thread!
My dog Schped thought that we put the blanket on the ground for him to lay on, of course.
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