Wednesday 20 March 2013

Quilts completed!

I finished my big and little quilts a couple of weeks ago, a satisfying end to a fun project.
 They both have the same striped backing material and edges bound in black.


I've made 4 pockets on the back  for Barney to put his favourite little toys in.



This quilt is a little premature, as Barney is still  in his cot, so it will live at my house for a while.


Below is the little one I made for Barney's soft  toy doll, Max, who has a little wooden bed  shared with various other toys; I've used some of the same fabrics, again with a little pocket.
My first attempt at free machining on anything that mattered!

I had to look in my old school needlework folder to remind myself how to work blanket stitch....a long time since I did any embroidery!





I've been ill for over a week with a lousy cold, but yesterday felt a little better and did some screenprinting. Thinking about a small piece with a trees/ wood theme... in black and yellow, not sure why...maybe because of the lack of sun outside...


over printed in grey....


first playing around....more fun ahead.



5 comments:

  1. Glad you are feeling better Anna. Like the grey and yellow experiments... and the finished quilts of course.

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  2. lucky Barney - I bet he's looking forward to being big enough to fit his quilt, and the little matching one is delightful. I like those yellows and greys as well, lovely graphic images to remind us that there is sunshine somewhere above the grey of the clouds!!

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  3. Lovely Quilts! And the screen printing is as always brilliant

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  4. Anna, the quilts are great but the screen printing catches my eye even more as you'd probably expect! Black,white and red is a stunning colourway but I've alsways loved the mix of lemon with greys. I think it is very elegant in the right shades. Have you photo etched these screens? I can only screen print with stencils here because I don't have access to anyone who will burn screens but your examples make me wish I did! Just lovely. Keep showing us. It always inspires me.

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