It seemed like a good idea when I started it about five years ago (March, I think will make 5) while visiting Eric and Leah in Halifax. I went to visit them over my winter break and to see Constance who had only been born the October prior. While I was there, Leah and a few other ladies from their assembly were working on making the most beautiful quilt I had ever seen for a friend's wedding present. I thought, "Hey, this looks easy enough! I should make one too!"
Leah took me to the local fabric shop and helped me choose the right materials for my quilt, and then ambitiously helped me cut out all the coloured squares and about half of the cream squares. I don't know the terms for quilting, so bear with me. Anyways, I got a few squares finished before I came back home, but once home, I got bored with it, and stored it. I've pulled it out for a while each time I've been pregnant, about until I found out I was having a boy, and then would put it away again.
I felt the urge to work on it again a few days ago, but no, I'm not pregnant! and I'm now halfway done with it. We'll see long long it takes to do the other half. I have to go back and iron/prep the squares which takes forever...
Such a beautiful quilt! Maybe you will have it doone in time for your baby girl granddaughter:)
ReplyDeleteMaybe. LOL. Thanks, Eva!
ReplyDeleteHa, Eva...
ReplyDeleteIt really is very pretty, and super intricate. I hope to see it finished one day- even if not for a girl. You and Phil could take it on picnic dates!
Leah was finishing a similar (?) quilt for the parents last Christmas in Idaho, and it looked so complicated and difficult to do...says the girl who can only replace a missing button or (hand) stitch a snag. :/ I want to learn!
I've been thinking of making it into a queen sized quilt for Phil and I's room. We've painted over the yucky brown that was our focal wall, and it's now a pretty deep purple, so I'm thinking if I add solid purple fabric around the edges of the finished quilt (which is about the size of a toddler bed blanket) I could make it work. We'll see. I have to finish it first.
ReplyDeleteOnce I get more of my squares ironed and ready to go, I think I'll take pictures as I'm working on it, step-by-step, and post them on the blog as a sort of tutorial.
Very cool! Also, you should post photos of the room's progress... I love a good remodel, :)
ReplyDeleteThe wall was pretty much all we did. It was this really gross brown (it looked good on the paint chip) like a poop coloured brown. It was just horrible. We didn't like it from the moment it was up, but we didn't have time or money to do much about it at the time. Fast forward almost three years later... Phil and I talked about what to do instead of the brown, we settled on a purple. We had a gallon of purple that we never used when we moved in (it was going to be an accent colour in the playroom) and we decided to try it out since we already had it. It looked great! So we just spent a day repainting the focal wall and got new bedding I'd found on sale at Target for dirt cheap. The room looks totally different :) I'll have to see if I have any good "before" pictures.
ReplyDeleteI've seen the brown wall in FB pictures, I think... Of when you first bought the house? I kind of liked it, actually! Though, to be fair, I never saw it in person.
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