My sister's birthday is the first week of January, and sometimes it's hard to come up with gift ideas for her since it's so close to Christmas. This year I decided a handmade gift would be best and made her a quilt. I sort of hinted that I might make her one so that I could get some idea of what she was interested in. She wanted it to be made of neutral colors and she also said she wanted her monogram on it (great idea, Sister!). So, this is what I came up with. I ended up using solids in a mix of warm and cool tones which I thought would fit in anywhere.
I found a super soft chambray-like cotton for the backing that has small white pin-dots. I thought it made the perfect compliment to the front of the quilt. For the binding I found a small scale navy and blue stripe. I think it ties everything together perfectly.
To make the quilt I used half square triangles (referred to as HST). There are lots of different ways to make HST's, but I used the Magic Eight Method and was really happy with the results.
I did not have a pattern for this quilt, just started with 12" squares and kept making them until I had enough for the quilt to be the size I wanted.
Making the monogram was easy - I found a font that would be simple to embroider and printed the letters out, adhered fusible webbing to my fabric, traced the letters, cut the letters out and ironed on to my backing fabric. Then I embroidered using a zig-zag stitch around all the edges of the letters.
Thanks for sharing your sister must be thrilled. Stunning love the colours
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Camilla. I appreciate you stopping by and commenting!
Deletethat is beautiful! Great job!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! There is nothing you could ever buy that would be as perfect of a birthday gift for a sister. I'm sure she will treasure this forever. I hope she will USE it until it is soft and worn. xo
ReplyDeleteHi there! I absolutely love this quilt! It’s beautiful!! My mom is a quilter and has made quilts for all my siblings, it’s finally my turn to get one :) would you mind sharing the size of your half square triangles? I know you said you didn’t use a pattern, but any additional information you could provide on dimensions, etc. would be really helpful. I’d be happy to pay for the extra information. Thank you very much. My email is laura.robbiati@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteHi, this quilt it lovely! I wondered whether you hand or machine quilted the quilt? Also, did you just quilt in vertical straight lines? I'm currently working on a herringbone quilt and just deciding the best way to quilt it! Thanks
ReplyDeleteHi Rebecca - I machine quilted using my trusty Viking Husqvarna machine and just did straight lines. I had originally planned a more complex design, but due to the size of the quilt, I settled on straight lines! Good luck with your project and thanks so much for stopping by!
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Hi there! What a beautiful quilt. Did you buy fat quarters or fabric by the metre and cut yourself? Thanks
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Hi Jess - I cut all the pieces myself! Took a little time but not too hard. It’s been a few years now so I can’t quite remember my technique, but I remember searching online for the best way to cut triangles and came up with a good process :)
DeleteJust read my post again - I linked to the method I used for cutting the triangles!
DeleteReally so gorgeous. Love it all.
ReplyDeleteHi Alissa, just found your blog through the Master Gardening site "The Dirt". They linked to your awesome directions for hypertufa planters. I'm seeing that you aren't posting any longer, how sad! Where have I been that I haven't seen your blog until now? Anyway, I just wanted to say that I hope you start posting again, from what I've seen so far I would be a follower! Jan in MA
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