I don’t have a finish for Friday, but I thought I’d show you this quilt that I made for a sweet, sweet young lady, “V.” I made it for her when she was born. I believe she’s 5 now! Her parents told me that they put the quilt away for when she was bigger than a newborn. “V” now has the quilt.
“V’s” mother is a good friend of my daughter. My daughter designed the quilt from a few options I gave her. She picked out the fabric and I did the sewing. Of course, it had to have a few personal touches! My daughter took a picture of the foxes in the one print, enlarged the fox and and MADE me appliqué the fox onto the quilt. You’ve heard me say before that I highly dislike appliqué! If I had to do it over again, I’d use my embroidery machine and digitizer.
The quilting was in the ditch around the skinny white borders and a simple meander throughout the rest of the quilt.
Want to try a new pattern?
Head over to “For the Love of Geese” for a pretty neat pattern “Tiger Lilies” … and a tutorial on how to make it! (I’m not going to show you the quilt … you need to visit Denise’s website to see it!)
I’ve been Featured!
Jennifer from Inquiring Quilter featured my picture about the finish of these pillows. You can read about them HERE.
One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!
Happy Quilting!
Gail
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Linking to:
- Midweek Makers @ QuiltFabrication
- Wednesday Wait Loss @ Inquiring Quilter
- Happy Needle and Thread @ My Quilt Infatuation
- Andrée / Free Motion Mavericks @ Quilting & Learning – What a combo!
- Put your Foot Down @ For the Love of Geese
- My Bijou Life @ Creative Compulsions
- Can I get a Whoop Whoop? @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
- Finished or Not Friday @ Alycia Quilts
- Sherry @ Powered by Quilting
- Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty
- Off the Wall Friday @ Creations – Quilts, Art, Whatever
- Peacock Party @ Wendy’s Quilts and More
- TGIFF @ Sarah Goer Quilts
Hi Gail, that’s a really sweet quilt. It’s great that V now has the quilt to keep her snugly. Thanks so much for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks. We love to have you there 🙂
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Ah, gee, Andree, thanks!
And thank YOU and MUV for hosting Free Motion Mavericks. 🙂
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This is super cute, Gail! My niece is also a V so this immediately made me think of her. The fox is adorable–and I know how much you hate applique! I’m glad it’s being played with now!
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Thanks, Emily!!! I sure like the fox a lot more now than when I was doing it!
Happy Quilting! 🙂
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ha ha – she made you!! thats the best – and it is a great quilt!
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Oh yes, Alycia! She MADE me!
I will often follow her advise when it comes to quilting! And she doesn’t quilt and barely sews! 🙂
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It’s a very cute quilt and well worth the applique effort. I’m learning to do applique, but I don’t like it. Piecing is just so much more relaxing.
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Hi Kate!
I have friends that simply LOVE to applique! I’ve always called it “Cr-Applique” (Crap-lique). But with my embroidery machine, (Janome 500E), that’s my favourite way to applique! However, having said that, I’m currently working on a current project that has applique on it and I’m not using my embroidery machine! Sometimes it’s worth taking the time to applique! 🙂
Happy Quilting & Applique! 🙂
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Lovely! You may dislike appliqué but you did a good job with that little fox which just adds the finishing touch.
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Thanks, Marly! When I look at it now, I’m amazed that I actually did appliqué it! Astounding what you can do when you put your mind to it! 🙂
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You may hate applique but man that fox sure puts this quilt over the top on the cute scale! Soooooo adorable. Thanks for sharing on Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Thanks, Jennifer! It is cute! Gotta thank my daughter for it!
Thanks for hosting Wednesday Wait Loss! 🙂
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What an adorable quilt! I wonderful that V can now really enjoy it.
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Thanks, Susan! Yes, she’s enjoying it! I got a hug from her when she found out that I had made it! Special!
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A very cute quilt! I love the little appliqué fox! Thanks so much for linking to Creative Compulsions!
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You’re welcome!
And thanks for hosting Creative Compulsions!
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but the fox makes the quilt!! It’s adorable!
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Thanks, Chris! My daughter comes up with some pretty cool ideas! 🙂
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Just perfect! Funny that you never showed it before and I think the applique is too much fun on this!
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Thanks, Kathleen! This quilt was made before I started blogging, that’s why I hadn’t shown it before!
Happy Quilting! 🙂
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That’s a great quilt. The fox is adorable.
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Thanks, Anja! My daughter comes up with some pretty cool ideas! 🙂
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Thank you for the shout out Gail. Funny you posted this oldie, i have one in my scheduled Monday post. Made before i started photographing quilts. Mine dates back somewhere between 2008 and 2010.
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You’re welcome, Denise!
Mine is not as old as yours. I look forward to seeing it!
I wish I had pictures of all the quilts I made before I started taking pictures of them! Especially the ones that were hand quilted! They were all made between 1982 and 1995. I made 1 or 2 queen sized quilts each year.
Happy Quilting! 🙂
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