Tuesday 12 February 2013

Creative juices flowing


Barney's quilt is well under way, I decided on modern log cabin squares, making up 2 squares of the same fabrics. It was going to be 18 squares but I had so many lovely fabrics that I ended up with 28! I've chosen picture fabrics for the middles; animals, birds, letters, numbers and boats plus plain black and red and black and red 'graphic' fabrics (lines and spots). At this stage I just made up squares I liked with no definite plan for the finished quilt. Machining the pieces in strips makes it quite a speedy process.


lots of lovely squares to play with!


One day when I needed a break from the quilt I played with some screen printed fabics to make a couple of sketch book covers. I cut out and fused the birds and suns onto the tree fabric and then quilted it....
  

....and made it into a cover, quilted in black and yellow; here's the front...


...and the back. A bit of fun.


While on a roll, I'd wondered what to do with a piece of linen I'd printed with  my modern trees. I made it into a simply quilted cover for my new small sketchbook that goes with me in my handbag.


With the small piece left over I made a needle case, again edged with black shiny bias binding.



6 comments:

  1. Can I have a little squeeze of that creative juice Anna? Lovely stuff!

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  2. Gosh you have been busy! I love the book cover with the bird and sun.

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  3. Anna, I just don't know how you find the time! The projects are gorgeous and Barney will just love his amazing quilt.

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  4. You have been busy, Barney's quilt is lovely!

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  5. Wonderfully productive and fun too x

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  6. Like Jill, I could do with some of that creative juice down here Anna. Wonder if I could get it via an intravenous drip somewhere? The quilting is so neat but it is the fact that you've used your own screen printed fabrics that I find exciting. They are gorgeous.What a fab way to utilise them.

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