I finished up the mini quilt from Venetia's drawing. Here it is freshly drawn by Venetia...
It was quite straightforward to machine embroider it...
I added a piece of wool backing and drew in some quilting lines to follow - they're supposed to be clouds!
And here they are sewn...
And then I decided to finish it with a blue, patchwork border-come-binding, with just one yellow, sunshine square up in the corner. I had been planning to quilt the patchwork, but now it's done I think I want to leave it plain.
Maria has also now done her drawing, which will again be quite quick to embroider, but I can't decide whether to go down the same route with the quilting and the blue patchwork, or whether to try something completely different instead. What do you think?
Sally.
Love it! What a great idea
ReplyDeleteWow, I love it! I am always inspired by your creative talents. Can't wait to see what you do with Maria's drawing :)
ReplyDeleteI vote for something different :) I would love to see what else you come up with.
What a great way to finish up the drawing? If you do the second one very similarly, would you daughter's like the sameness or would it bother them? I might choose to do differently on purpose, but you know your girl's personalities the best!
ReplyDeleteSo creative! Very beautiful, and unique!x
ReplyDeleteI think it looks gorgeous, especially the sunshine in the corner. For Maria's quilt do the girls want them to match or would they rather be completely individual? A themed pair could look really sweet hung together but it might depend on their personalities!
ReplyDeleteI love everything about this quilt and I love the blue border with the corner of sunshine!
ReplyDeleteI love how you use your children's drawings in your quilts! It's amazing how stitching the clouds made them look so fluffy. I think it would be nice to keep the girls' quilts similar but each having unique qualities.
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