Sunday, May 16, 2010

Snippets Quilt

Remember this little preview? I actually managed to finish this quilt pretty quickly and it's even made it into the hands of it's new owner. I have been wanting to make this quilt for a very long time and am excited to finally have it completed because I knew just who it was intended for.
Snippets Quilt
The pattern comes from a Moda Bakeshop Tutorial. It's a really simple quilt that uses only a charm pack and 1 yard of solid white (plus backing and binding.)
Snippets Quilt
This quilt had a few "firsts" for me. It was my first time making prairie points. They were pretty time consuming. They also came out very wrinkled after washing. But I love the look they added to this quilt. Not sure if I'll do them again though.
prairie points

quilting close up of Snippets Quilt
It was also my first time quilting the flower petal design (not sure if that's the official name for it.) It's definitely far from perfect, but I was fun to try something new. I really like this quilting design on top of the half square triangle blocks (which are in this case, making up pinwheels.) It gives them a subtle roundness and lots of movement.
quilting on Snippets Quilt

4 comments:

  1. Yay yay yay! I was hoping you would post picture of all the details. I'm going to take pictures of Addie with it tomorrow. We are just tickled with this beautiful quilt!

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  2. Beautiful quilt love that its your first of many things turned out gorgeous..if i were to win this quilt it would be my first quilt ever! i dont won a quilt and too lazy to make my own..

    I am hosting a giveaway too so pop my when you can :)

    Mayya @ Sew Chic and Unique

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  3. Oh, wow! I remember seeing this quilt pattern awhile ago an liking it. Your version came out beautifully! I love the little prairie points. They add that perfect touch. I'm sad to hear that they aren't fun to make, but maybe I'll try them anyway someday. Also, on your quilting, did you use your walking foot to do the flowery quilting or did you free motion it?

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  4. Lulubloom- Thanks so much for your wonderful compliments. I used my darning foot to do the flower petal quilting. At first I just eyeballed it, but after a few attempts decided to draw it with a fabric marker and then trace over that to quilt it.

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