I have not been sewing much lately... and thus not much blogging either. We had a wonderful time this past week with our friends, Kathy and Tom, visiting from New Mexico. They moved there from New Jersey about 5 years ago and we really miss them. So we were really looking foward to their visit for so long... and now it's hard to believe it's over.
So I finally got back to some sewing over the weekend. I have been playing with some designs using old lace pieces, old cutter quilts, etc. I decided to follow my muse and see what came of it.
I started with a piece of blue and white old quilt - a cutter quilt. And believe me this was truely a cutter quilt - with most of the backing in shreds and part of the quilt top missing. Even the cotton batting was bunched up in spots. Certainly something that has seen better days and perfect for repurposing.
I started with my bluebird and added some embroidery.
Then I added some flowers, leaves, more embroidery and mother-of-pearl buttons.
I added a nice polka dot border and big stitched around the edge.
Here is my finished Blue Bird quilt. It is small and sweet and so much fun to make!
This will probably go up in my Etsy shop shortly. It was just a fun piece to satisfy a random act of quilting! I might have to make another!
Happy Stitching!
Deb
I LOVE this! Such a great use of the cutter quilt. This is very sweet.:)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Audrey. The little quilt was a lot of fun and a good way to explore something new.
DeleteFicou muito bonito!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweetie of a quilt! I think it's delightful
ReplyDeleteThanks! I think I might have to do a few of these!
DeleteI think I need to make one of these...just looks like a lot of quilty fun!! Thanks for the inspiration! Please do share it under our Decorative Stitches: Tuesday Archives theme this week.
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot of fun - I would highly recommend it! I linked up under Decorative Stitches in the Tuesday Archives. Thanks for the reminder!
DeleteWhat a beautiful bluebird and flowers. Also adore all your stitching.
ReplyDeleteCool design.
ReplyDeleteLovely....your bird looks like he actually has feathers.
ReplyDeletevery sweet little quilt~!
ReplyDeleteisn't it fun when we follow our muse and just enjoy the process?!
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libbyQ
Your muse took you to a beautiful place. The little quilt is wonderful. I especially love the bird!
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