Well, I suppose it was this:
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I was practising on my new embroidery machine and this was the first thing that came out right. I'd recently made my grandchildren some clothes, a pair of trousers, shirt and jacket for my 4 year old grandson Aidan, and this dress and shrug for my 6 year old granddaughter, Mia.
Mia's Dress.jpg
Anyway, as the dress has cherries on it and I had some fabric left, I wondered what I could make with it and use the embroidered cherries as well. I came up with the idea of a pillow case. I don't know what made me think of quilting, probably something I'd seen on the internet, but anyway, that's what I wanted to do. So, I made her this:
Mia's-Pillow-Case.jpgMia's-Pillow-Case2.jpgMia's-Pillow-Case3.jpg
It's far from perfect but it was the first time I'd done anything like it and I was really pleased with it. Then I thought, I can't make for one and not the other, and as I'd enjoyed the simple quilting on this, I thought I'd make a simple lap quilt for Aidan which was also special to him. So this was it. (They're visiting tomorrow, so hope they like them).
Aidan's-Lap-Quilt.jpgAidan's-Lap-Quilt2.jpgAidan's-Lap-Quilt3.jpg
So, they're the things that got me started...........and hooked.
I am now making myself a full size bed quilt and I've jumped in with both feet as some of you will have seen from my wonky thread. I chose and bought my fabric and looked at patterns and decided that I liked the tangled star, so I made this:
Tangled-Star.jpg
Not bad for a first attempt, but the more I looked at it, the more I thought that it was 'too much'. A full size quilt in just this fabric and pattern, nah! went off the idea and thought then that I'd do a sampler and introduce some pale fabric. This works for me and this is where I'm at right now.
Progress-28th-Feb-2014.jpg
I am finding some of it a bit difficult, but then, I enjoy a challenge although I think maybe I'll need a small break ffrom this and work on something a bit simpler, lol.
So there you are. How I got hooked from a bunch of cherries.
Capture.JPG
I was practising on my new embroidery machine and this was the first thing that came out right. I'd recently made my grandchildren some clothes, a pair of trousers, shirt and jacket for my 4 year old grandson Aidan, and this dress and shrug for my 6 year old granddaughter, Mia.
Mia's Dress.jpg
Anyway, as the dress has cherries on it and I had some fabric left, I wondered what I could make with it and use the embroidered cherries as well. I came up with the idea of a pillow case. I don't know what made me think of quilting, probably something I'd seen on the internet, but anyway, that's what I wanted to do. So, I made her this:
Mia's-Pillow-Case.jpgMia's-Pillow-Case2.jpgMia's-Pillow-Case3.jpg
It's far from perfect but it was the first time I'd done anything like it and I was really pleased with it. Then I thought, I can't make for one and not the other, and as I'd enjoyed the simple quilting on this, I thought I'd make a simple lap quilt for Aidan which was also special to him. So this was it. (They're visiting tomorrow, so hope they like them).
Aidan's-Lap-Quilt.jpgAidan's-Lap-Quilt2.jpgAidan's-Lap-Quilt3.jpg
So, they're the things that got me started...........and hooked.
I am now making myself a full size bed quilt and I've jumped in with both feet as some of you will have seen from my wonky thread. I chose and bought my fabric and looked at patterns and decided that I liked the tangled star, so I made this:
Tangled-Star.jpg
Not bad for a first attempt, but the more I looked at it, the more I thought that it was 'too much'. A full size quilt in just this fabric and pattern, nah! went off the idea and thought then that I'd do a sampler and introduce some pale fabric. This works for me and this is where I'm at right now.
Progress-28th-Feb-2014.jpg
I am finding some of it a bit difficult, but then, I enjoy a challenge although I think maybe I'll need a small break ffrom this and work on something a bit simpler, lol.
So there you are. How I got hooked from a bunch of cherries.
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