It's done!! It's so cute. It sits in a seldom used corner of my living room...that may I say could use a little zazzing up and I love it.
What do you think? I don't mean to brag...but I did say it was going to be cuter than the one the designer of the quilt, Jodie Warner made. It really is....if I do say so myself. It's all relative....and I'll say it again, that's what's so fun about quilting. You take somebody else's idea and make it your own.
How 'bout some close ups??!?
The cherry tree complete with cherry blossoms. Her ideas are so creative. I love that she doesn't just use your typical fabric. She uses Organza here, where you melt the edges with a flame so they curl up and look like petals and attach them with beads. Clever! The Mister though, was quite concerned when I would sneak down to the basement to burn things...
This is made from the loveliest wool felt. It's something special when you buy a material of quality. Normally I would buy whatever Joann's had, but as we were at a lovely little craft store, I bought their true wool felt, it really wasn't much, maybe $6 for 1/2 a yard. But as I am only using a bit of it, I want really nice quality. My Mother worried that the dark brown wording over heather grey back wouldn't work...but I think it worked very well!
The bee tag. Again this was a very clever technique. We used Organza again to make the wings. You can't really see in this picture. But the wings have veins sewn in. Using your sewing machine you sew over a pattern, then cut it out a scan 1/8" around the edge and then lightly burn the edges to melt them sealed. I was supposed to use an eyelet to attach the tag on...but I don't have an eyelet punch for one....and I didn't really want to buy one. For another, I don't know how I feel about punching holes in my quilts. Maybe, since I am making 4 of these and my Mother is making 4 we'll feel the need to buy a hole punch...but as for now, I just tacked it on and sewed the leather strap on. I think it works fine.
The daffodil. For the yellow center, we ruched a yellow ribbon and then over it, tacked on the little buttons. Very nice touch. Apparently though I forgot what she did. My Mother said that she put all the buttons right in the very middle whereas I put them all over. I think it's okay.
Here it is in it's place in the world. It's only missing one thing and that's a wooden rod going through the back to make it hang straight. The Mister has to get on to chopping one to size for me. He loves helping me with projects. Good news is...he's going to compost my vegetable garden today too! Love!
Thanks for reading!
What do you think? I don't mean to brag...but I did say it was going to be cuter than the one the designer of the quilt, Jodie Warner made. It really is....if I do say so myself. It's all relative....and I'll say it again, that's what's so fun about quilting. You take somebody else's idea and make it your own.
How 'bout some close ups??!?
The cherry tree complete with cherry blossoms. Her ideas are so creative. I love that she doesn't just use your typical fabric. She uses Organza here, where you melt the edges with a flame so they curl up and look like petals and attach them with beads. Clever! The Mister though, was quite concerned when I would sneak down to the basement to burn things...
This is made from the loveliest wool felt. It's something special when you buy a material of quality. Normally I would buy whatever Joann's had, but as we were at a lovely little craft store, I bought their true wool felt, it really wasn't much, maybe $6 for 1/2 a yard. But as I am only using a bit of it, I want really nice quality. My Mother worried that the dark brown wording over heather grey back wouldn't work...but I think it worked very well!
The bee tag. Again this was a very clever technique. We used Organza again to make the wings. You can't really see in this picture. But the wings have veins sewn in. Using your sewing machine you sew over a pattern, then cut it out a scan 1/8" around the edge and then lightly burn the edges to melt them sealed. I was supposed to use an eyelet to attach the tag on...but I don't have an eyelet punch for one....and I didn't really want to buy one. For another, I don't know how I feel about punching holes in my quilts. Maybe, since I am making 4 of these and my Mother is making 4 we'll feel the need to buy a hole punch...but as for now, I just tacked it on and sewed the leather strap on. I think it works fine.
The daffodil. For the yellow center, we ruched a yellow ribbon and then over it, tacked on the little buttons. Very nice touch. Apparently though I forgot what she did. My Mother said that she put all the buttons right in the very middle whereas I put them all over. I think it's okay.
Here it is in it's place in the world. It's only missing one thing and that's a wooden rod going through the back to make it hang straight. The Mister has to get on to chopping one to size for me. He loves helping me with projects. Good news is...he's going to compost my vegetable garden today too! Love!
Thanks for reading!
Heather
Turned out very cute!
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