Pink Baby Girl Quilt

Fabrics

Two months ago, my dearest friend became the grandmother of two adorable little twin girls. This quilt is the second I prepared for them. The first one was the zig zag quilt, shown here : zig zag quilt.

This is the simpliest baby quilt I ever made and it's my favorite one!

In one day it was done.

I assemble the blocks, then the bands.

I chose a stripe darker pink fabric to frame.

Finished top

As I found too cute the fabric with the toys prints, I did not want to cut it in small pieces, and decided to use it as large bands all around. For the binding I chose an aqua fabric. Now time for quilting!

I chose the colors of the fabrics according to the taste of the grandmother who likes delicate tunes, especially tender pink. Let's hope the mother will like the quilts. As regards the little girls, growing older, I am sure they will appreciate them, as all little girls love pink!

For you, the first rose of my garden.

Have a great week!

Christine

Blocks

Blocks

Today I just have a picture to show you : a project I started with leftovers from Kaffe Fassett fabrics.
Here the blocks are ready to be assembled.

Greetings.

Christine

Antique Doll Quilt and Bunny

Detail

Today I will show you the second antique doll quilt from the batch, previously shown in this post,
that I received in London last month.

I think that brown, beige and pink are perfectly matching colors, one of my favorite antique fabrics blends.

Nice white and blue calicot and nice hand quilting.

Books

I am a great fan of Beatrix Potter art, and those little books are remains from my childhood.

Books

For those who may be interested in Beatrix Potter art and life, I recommend this excellent film : Miss Potter, with Renee Zellweger in the role of Beatrix Potter. I was so delighted when I first saw this film, that I watched it again and again... This is one of my best films ever!

Peter Rabbit

My little porcelain bunny.

Have a beautiful creative day!
Christine

Baby boy finished top

Yesterday was such a lovely day that I decided to bring my just finished top in the garden 

to take some pictures.

As I mentioned it in this post, with one Layer Cake I had the possibility to make two baby quilts.

For this purpose, I kept the most boyish colors, plus some reds, and I did a baby boy top.

Detail of the top

As I am not very fond of gardening, my garden always looks a bit of a mess, but at this season 

I love it as it is, full of grass, wild spring flowers : poppies, daisies... spread here and there.

Some daisies even grew wild in a pot!

How pretty are those blue little flowers! Some yellow kind of daisies grew around them,
like to emphasize them!

To all of you I wish a joyful Easter!

Christine

Arts and Crafts Exhibition

Celadon dish

In my last post I showed you a quilt exhibition. Here is a pottery exhibition I visited as well last saturday,

in the workshop of the artist.

It is not patchwork or quilting but, as I know all quilters have a certain feeeling for art, I decided to share

with you those art objects I admire.

I was very impressed by the sense of harmony of the artist. The lines are pure and simple, modern though with an archaic inspiration.  

The disposal is refined and smart. You can see red painted eggs : it is the tradition in the orthodoxe

religion to paint eggs for Easter.

The inside color of the dishes, on the lower shelf, is a refined celadon. Some items are blue or grey.

Inside those ecru dishes runs a very thin rope, red or blue.

Our friend Chantal was as well exhibiting her wonderful hand made silver jewels.

Another successful exhibiton!

Thanks to the artists!

Christine

Quilts and Crafts Exhibition

Stunning quilt created, sewn and quilted by Eleni.

Eleni's quilt

Easter is approching here in Greece and therefore various beautiful craft fairs are organized.

This one, where I went last saturday, happened in Goulandri Museum in Kifissia. 

Our friend Eleni had a stall where she presented her last quilting creations. 

She is doing a wonderful job and is very successful!

Behind the two ladies you can see a beautiful quilt with white background nicely quilted.

Her colorful baskets where very much appreciated.

Small quilt

My dearest friends Eleni and Michele.

Eleni and me.

Small quilt

Quilted bags

Pouches

Those baskets, filled with joyful colored pouches are just a pleasure to look at!

Pouches

Present for myself

Anna, a young girl, fabric designer, was selling her wonderful creations, with a Greek inspiration.

This is a blue and white scarf that I bought from her. It is mixed cotton and silk, and is so soft and

so pleasant to wear.

Scarf

I really enjoyed this exhibition, having coffee, cakes and nice chats with my friends. 

This was a beautiful Saturday!

Greetings from Athens!

Christine

Tutorial for a Quick and Easy Chevron Zig Zag Quilt

Baby girl quilt top : size 47 inches / 34 inches.

Fabric selection

For this project I selected 7 different fabrics.

Fold your fabrics in two and cut bands of 7 inches width.

Put 4 bands over each other and cut squares of 7/7 inches.

Arrange pairs.

With each pair, put both fabrics right side against right side, and sew all along the 4 sides.

Pair of squares sewn all around.

Cut the 2 diagonals and you obtain 4 double triangle squares.

Open and press hot, WITHOUT moving the iron, in order not to stretch 

the fabric, as you will now assemble your blocks along the bias sides. 

If you like you can spray starch to stabilize your fabrics.

 I didn't and had no problem, as I was careful with the ironing.

Trim the corners.

Assemble as shown.

Always open and press hot after each sewing.

I chose to assemble my work by squares rather than by rows, 

to avoid stretching the fabric by sewing long rows together. 

Go on assembling the rest of your blocks as shown.

Enjoy your sewing!

Christine