I was playing with free-pieced houses and my daughter wished for this one on her wall. She chose the tree fabric, although in retrospect I wish there was more contrast with the background. Guess we'll just have to imagine the tree is lost in the snowstorm of the background snowflakes. I hand quilted it while traveling to and from my grandmother's birthday in November, and added a few beads to the tree for holiday sparkle.
I also finished up two more comfort quilts for the year. The second quilt shown was made from a salesman sample pack featuring all the fabrics of the Cranston Fabric line "Rain Dancing." It was fun to work with all the prints, but I only had a little bit of each. The pieced binding used up the last little bits.
Our comfort quilt group met last week and had a wonderful time visiting and working on whatever struck our mood. Several of us made little felt pins, inspired by one woman's creations, buttons in a button box and also by "fanciful felt pins" in Salley Mavor's book Felt Wee Folk. My 10 yo dd joined us and made a wonderful gingerbread pin. She wants to skip school and join us again next time we meet.
1 comment:
Looks like you've been busy! I love your Rain Dance comfort quilt. You did a great job with a limited amount of fabric.
Your little felt pins are great! I think your DD did a wonderful job on hers! I can see why she want to cut school to come with you next time. I don't blame her!
Happy New Year! I hope your year is filled with love, laughter and lots of creative time.
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