This is the quilt that began my obsession with quilting. I had been dyeing fabric and using it to make clothing for years, but I had never made a quilt. I had kind of an outdated idea of what quilting was, when I discovered the world of Modern Quilting. I can put the fabrics together any way I want? Sign me up!
Hand dyed fabric takes a lot of work, so I try not to let any of it go to waste. After many years of sewing, I had built up quite a collection of small scraps. I decided to make a quilt to put my precious scraps to use!
I laid out my fabric so that the colors would create an ombre effect, going from blue to purple to red. I was intrigued by hand quilting (and I didn’t have a walking foot yet!), so I chose to hand quilt my quilt using navy sashiko thread. I hand quilted out of necessity, but I ended up absolutely loving the texture it gave the quilt–so soft!
As I mentioned in my previous post, I’m in the midst working on a new collection of quilted items, and I’m so tempted to hand quilt some of them. It takes a lot longer, but the texture can’t be beat! I promise my new work will be ready soon, but if you want to make sure you don’t miss it, be sure to sign up for my email list to get a heads up when new things are up for sale!
