A few years ago I fell in love with the Crate & Barrel Bermuda Stripes twin size quilt.
I had made a plaid queen sized quilt for my sister some years earlier and I still had fabrics leftover. Paired with some white fabric, they would be perfect for this quilt!
Creating the quilt top was fairly easy. I quickly cut stripes of the plaid and white fabrics. I varied the widths by up to 1/2 inch. Sew together and press. Voila! A top is made.
The construction of the quilt, on the other hand, was more intense.
This was the first time I ever "quilted" a quilt before. All previous quilts had been done with yarn ties. I wanted to recreate the quilting in the Crate & Barrel quilt. So, I stitched every stripe in my own quilt "in the ditch", aka stitching in the ditch. About 1/3 of the way into the process, I thought the quilting would never end! And I NEVER EVER wanted to "quilt" a quilt again after that!
Another first on this quilt? The binding was sewn on, but I had no idea what I was doing. This was before Heather Bailey's infamous tutorial hit the internet and the instructions I had tried to follow were confusing! I sewed the binding to the front and back and its kind of hideous to look at!
What does Chauncey think of the quilt? Eh, he could care less. Nor does he care for photo shoots!
Lessons learned from this quilt? Try, try, try new things. I saw something that inspired me and I went out to try to figure out how to make it. It might not be perfect, but it was great practice. And years later... I love this blanket!
10 comments:
That is a very cool quilt idea! I have a modest stash collection of plaid homespuns and if you don't mind, I may in the future copy your idea (more or less ...).
Thanks for sharing!
Theresa
Theresa, Go for it! I don't mind at all, if you copy me. :)
I'd love to see a finished product when you are done!!
Holy crap! It looks just like it!
It's a beautiful quilt! Great job - you should feel really proud of your accomplishment!
i love this quilt BTW - hope you have a wonderful christmas
Thanks everyone for the compliments! :)
Jodi - Merry Christmas and tell your mom we say "Hi from Yuma!"
oh my gosh...i LOVE this quilt!! my hat off to you for braving it! its cute. you made it. be proud!
That is beautiful, I wish I had your talent!
Debbie
I know it's months later ... but this is so cute! Now that I'm planning quilts for my girls for Christmas I'm having fun looking back at your old quilt posts (and other quilt blogs too). I think I may do the trip around the world style for Sadie's. So many options ... and what to do about the whole quilting (which I prefer but it takes SO long!) versus tying, versus sending it out to be machine quilted ... Thanks for the inspiration. Now I'm thinking I need to make a large quilt like this for my own bed!
Janell: Yup, I love machine quilting too! But its just as much work as piecing quilt tops. :)
If you want some more inspiration, check out the quilt section on craftster. crazymomquilts is another amazing mom who quilts up a storm. A few more quilt blogs I love (and I'm constantly "starring" in my google reader) are Red Pepper Quilts, Film in the Fridge, Cluck Cluck Sew, p.s. i quilt, a quilt is nice, don't call me becky, vintage modern quilts, plus your friend at Crazy Old Ladies quilts.
I love the Around the World quilt, but I think I'm more of a modern quilter now. If you stay tuned till September, I will be hosting a quilt-a-long with my fellow Austin Modern Quilt Guild friends. Its going to be one 12x12 block for 12 months. ;)
Oh, and here's an alternate version of the Around the World quilt, that would look adorable on Sadie's bed.
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