And to make it a little more fun I made it to match the colors in her family room and then I wrote a quote from Jane Austen on one square in every row with a fabric marker.I tied and bound the entire quilt one night while the girls had pneumonia…it gave me something to keep me busy while I was up at night worrying and listening to labored breathing. And I have to admit…I kind of enjoyed this project…a lot.
Now, I’m not saying I’m going to turn into a quilt making machine or anything like that I’m just saying this was fun and that I wouldn’t mind making another one…and that one is already in the process of being cut. However, it’s nothing like this one…but it’s a quilt…and I promise you won’t have seen a quilt quite like it ever before. (Really never.)
And in the meantime I’m thinking about making myself a quoteable quilt…but this one is going to be all movies quotes…to use during our weekly Friday night family movie campouts. Yea, I totally want one of those—for me and the kids!
-liZ
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first of all, your handwritting is perfection!! wish i could write so pretty. cute quilt and love that you made it to match her livingroom. very thoughtful!
I wish you lived closer to me, Liz, ’cause while I’m nowhere near an expert, I’d be happy to help! 🙂 I’ve made quite a few quilts, and lots of tied ones if you count the service project my church did when I was a teenager. (The youth got together and made 100 tied quilts for a battered women’s and children’s shelter.) And now that my main sewing machine is going in for servicing and my other has decided that it won’t do buttonholes, I’m going to end up finally getting baby quilts done in the near future!
Cute! I love the idea of doing a quote quilt.
I love quilting and I’ve made loads of them over the years, but not so many recently (although, I did finally finish my son’s robot quilt! http://hazelandcompany.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-robot-quilt-with-plans-of-world.html)
I think there will definitely be a quote quilt in my future!
Oh that’s too cute! From an also non quilter or Jane Austin fan. Ha ha. I have just knocked out my 4th quilt, still, not a quilter, I’m not even loving this one I’ve just made but I know my daughter will when she gets it on Friday for her birthday. It turned out pretty but my gosh I don’t like working with so many textures, it killed my machine! I will hopefully be putting it on my newly made blog on Friday if you want to check it out 🙂 http://mummyla-la.blogspot.com.au/?m=1
I like this idea. I am going to try to remember it.
I am also not a quilter (yet) BUT I am a big Jane Austen and all around reading fan. I love the idea of incorporating book quotes into a quilt. I’d be tempted to embroider them, though. I do love embroidering…