Saturday 21 November 2015

More light and pretties….

I’ve showed you this before, but as I am rephotographing and labelling everything, I have a better photo for you.

This is prototype Two of the very first quilt I ever made. 

I know, nothing like jumping in the deep end.

Prototype One was a disaster.  I knew nothing.  The pattern was in centimetres.  Nothing worked,  nothing matched, it was a dog’s breakfast.  Most of it was made in polyester.  Did I mention it was a disaster?

I so loved the design though.  So after I had given up in defeat with Prototype One, I put the pattern away for the day when I perhaps knew a little bit more about quilting/pattern drafting and I could maybe do the quilt again properly.

And I did.  There are still swathes of imperfect things in this quilt – I doubt any of my nine patches are exact (so, so far from that), and I’m sure the points of the flying geese don’t work but I don’t care.  I love it to pieces.

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It’s not massive though and it remains a flimsy partly because I am thinking I might add a few more borders to it, to make it a bit bigger.  It’s currently too small for a single bed but it’s so bright and cheery, I think it would look great on one of the girls’ beds.  I can’t decide.  I’m dithering, I know.  My brain is all over the place right now.

I have very little in the way of pastels anymore (because I’ve used them all up!  Have to buy some more fabric!  What a shame!) and I think that’s what is stopping me.  I’m planning a day trip to the next town to do some Christmas shopping soon so that might be the push I need to pop in to the local quilt shop and get some pretties. 

What do you reckon?  What should go next?  My brain is stuck in a log cabin rut so I’m finding it hard to think of any other patterns.

Hmm. Shall continue to give it thought.

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

4 comments:

  1. You are an amazing person trying something like this as your first quilt. I don't see any imperfection and no one looks at your quilt at 1 cm from their nose. Your so call "non-matchyness" just means it is hand made by you and there are more love to it. Can't wait to see more quilts from you.

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  2. Oh thank you so much!

    I must be clear though, this is my second attempt at the First Quilt, done years and years of time and experience later. The real First Quilt is horrendous! I still have it though, in all it's polycotton wadding and fabric glory!

    Thanks again for posting!

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  3. I love your attitude (partly because it's so much like mine) ... perfection is so over-rated. The key is does this quilt make your heart smile? If so, then it's perfect! If it makes any difference, I love it and think it's perfect!

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  4. That is one gorgeous quilt. No wonder you fell over though if you tried that for your first ever quilt. How much more do you need on it? Would a border to match or complement the three around the logs be enough? Even it if wouldn't, I think it would finish the quilt. How about a narrow framing border, then a row of square in a square blocks then the three rows.

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