a maiden hair fern

Monday, May 29, 2017

wholecloth quilts

Where did the wholecloth craze start? Maybe Spoonflower? At first, I thought it was a lazy way of getting out of a pieced quilt.

But I've fallen in love with the wholecloth designed by iviecloth co at spoonflower. Here's some of her designs on her IG page.
How can you resist these colors? (or this chunker and his adorable chubby fingers in his worn over-alls :)

Here are some others in my shopping cart, all baby quilt size.

I also love this alphabet one.

Ok, so I'm a bit partial to the boy colors.

This one 's called: Triangle Ladder Whole Cloth, and the collection is called Maritime.

I needed a quick boy baby gift, so I made this one up first. As you will see below, I backed it with a blue flannel, but I bought some of the mustard for future backs. I've seen them backed in minky or what ever.

This one is called - Agua Adventurer Puzzle Wholecloth. You can find all the color options if you type "puzzle wholecloth" in the search engine on spoonflower's website.

This mustard looks great on the back of the Agua Adventurer Puzzle design.

I did find spoonflower hard to navigate in until I "joined", just an fyi that will save you tons of time and frustration.

I also ordered this pink version with the following pink for the back.

It takes about 1.5 hrs to stitch a baby size in the ditch.

quilt stats:

34 x 40, washed

80/20 warm and natural batting

flannel backing

binding: cut 2 1/2 inches because I thought there would be more thickness with the flannel, but there really wasn't, especially since the top was not pieced. Next time I should cut binding strips 2 1/4 inch.

Spoonflower's website says to prewash their fabric, and carefully press.

If you've found any fun "wholecloth" options that you like, please share!

linked:
crazy mom quilts
whoop whoop!

Thursday, April 20, 2017

pink gingham & family history

This post is really about this pink gingham baby quilt, but I have to tell you about where this picture is taken.

I love the whole process of making a quilt . . . but that's not the end. After it finally comes out of the dryer, it enters the documentation phase, which includes a photo-shoot. And the location of the photo-shoot can't just be against the neighbor's fence or anywhere else I've used before. So, when I'm driving along the countryside, I keep an eye out for prospective locations.

This old farm is literally a couple miles from where I was visiting last month. When we knocked on the door to get permission for a photo, I found out that the owner's grandparents on both sides were the founders of the local town and neighboring town. The original part of this house was on the right. Then, in the early 1900's, they added the 2 story onto the left! 117+ years old! I could have talked to them all day, learning about their German Heritage and how they got to Texas. I couldn't resist telling them about all the recent indexing of old records that has transpired in the past few years, and a few sites where they could find more of their lineage and family history. I just can't resist hearing the story behind old stuff. #lovethegate!!

For this baby quilt, I was given this rifle paper co. by cotton and steel for the backing to a gingham quilt.

I found the perfect 2 pinks using my Kona Color Card.

Do you have your new Stripology Ruler yet? I promise, it's the best invention since sliced bread! Mother's Day is right around the corner. Cutting for this quilt lasted a few minutes . . . literally.