summer nap - completed

No, I'm still living in this hemisphere, the winter-y one... Summer Nap is P's quilt (P is my friend's baby boy, the one I made the burp cloths for).
I certainly hope his mom won't read my blog anytime soon, 'cause I'm giving her the quilt on P's birth, in march... (S, if you're reading STOP NOW!)

Here are the shots:

 I didn't want a gender-specific color, so I went with these summer colors instead. I think it turned out well. The coin quilt structure brings out the yellow tones, and the contrast is very refreshing.

 That's the quilt in a heap. You can easily see that the back is a total yellow: sorry, I just love this fabric!

Here's another shot of the back, which also brings out the quilting pattern (which is obviously NOT a pattern...). I opted for an "almost linear" quilting: a combination of straight and wavy lines, randomly spaced.

The binding is in the same turquoise fabric I used for the front and it's (as usual) hand stitched on the back of the quilt. I just can't bring myself to try the machine stitched binding, sorry. The label is my standard one, with an important detail: there's P's name on it, as a special dedication to the little dude.

The quilt is 40"x49", a little off in size, but I don't mind that. It's also lighter than my usual since I used a super thin polyester batting: I wanted it to be used also for real summer naps, after all... I also considered the version with no batting at all, but I wanted it to have some structure so it was a no-no option.

Well... what do you think? The only thing left is the packaging, which I'll think about when it's almost time...

bloggers' quilt festival - spring 2011

I'm going to take a leap and step into the world of real quilters ('cause I think I'm not...) and add my link to Amy's Bloggers' Quilt Festival.

You've already seen this quilt:

It's my first real quilt, the first I made the math for, the first with so many pieces and the first I challenged myself with a (simple) quilting scheme.

For the front, 480 triangles of wonderful fabric, mixed up with my iPhone random number generator (so much for the planning, uh?). For the back, Ikea fabric (which, by the way, is wonderful for quilting).

It's also the first quilt for which I planned a real back (others were simply white or beige).

I still hand stitch the binding on the back, 'cause I don't feel confident enough to try machine stitching yet...

All in all I think it came out pretty well, don't you think? I really love the way it blends with the colors in the room.

I'm currently sewing a twin quilt for Smurfette#2, who's still sleeping in the crib.

baby girl 'heart' quilt

This quilt was inspired by some photos, results of a Google search. I know, not so creative, but I was tired and very pregnant...

heart quilt

By the way, this heart quilt is my Smurfette#2's favourite quilt.

It's very simple and I love the colors: lilac and beige are just perfect together. The fabric is very soft and comes from my local fabric store. The square blocks are very easy and I sewed the top in no time. Both the back and the binding are beige and I must say the clean look is very pleasing.

little bears baby quilt

When one of my friends had a wonderful little baby, I made this quilt as a gift.

quilt top

the "package"

The little one and his mommy were enthusiastic, and I'm always happy when people appreciate my little crafts...