Well it started out like that and then turned into a cushion, but these things happen.
I don't have huge amounts of small scraps really - I'm super-stingy when I cut things out so tend to end up with large scraps and I wanted to use up small ones. I easily had enough pink and red, less blues and fewer greens, so there are some non-scrap fabrics in those two colours. I decided to work on my wonkiness, which I always find hard. As you can see, I didn't manage to be hugely wonky, but dammit I didn't use a ruler or anything so it's wonky. The other problem I had was if things were too wonky then the block wouldn't lie flat. I'm not sure how you manage wonky and flat - are they somewhat incompatible?
I quilted the front in a spiral, which exposed a gaping hole in my general world knowledge - how to draw a spiral. If you look carefully you can see mine is a bit oval-shaped and not roundish. Why is that? Well I thought if I marked out concentric circles and then fudged it a bit it would turn into a spiral. Apparently not! Of course I looked it up afterwards and discovered the correct way to do it. I will remember that for next time! It looks kind of cool anyways, though I don't think I'd like to attempt it on anything larger on my little machine.
I quilted the back with wavy lines, which I'm now in love with. I told my husband I felt like I was driving the sewing machine with hands on either side moving the fabric side to side. He just looked at me like I was mad.
I haven't had any feedback on it yet from most of the family, but one of us has made it her own.
oh, husbands know nothing about sewing machine driving!! i'm sure if it was something to do with a lawn mower or some car computer game or something then it would be different.
ReplyDeletei need to make a cat pillow too - my cat finds any scrap of piece to lie on, generally underneath the fireplace! i'm imagining Lucy sitting like a queen up on your wonky pillow.
Gorgoeus! I love the spiral quilting, def trying that!
ReplyDeleteI love it, it's so bright and fresh!
ReplyDeletegood on you for doing wonky and your own spiral! those wavy lines on the back look lovely too.
ReplyDeleteI thought it would be a good analogy for a guy, but apparently not!
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing Lucy loves more than sitting on a pillow that is on something else - even if it's just the floor. She gets up on it and sits there very carefully, like "this is MINE, I am so great"
Yes you should - and you'll do a perfect one instead of a wonky faux-spiral circle thingy ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
ReplyDeleteI definitely enjoyed doing the wavy lines more than the spiral, definitely easier to do things that are deliberately wobbly than something that's meant to be geometrically perfect!
ReplyDeleteI have to show that last photo to Caitlyn - our cats have the same coloring!
ReplyDeletei still absolutely love the notebook cover you made for me 4 or so years ago from that (RED) bandana and all those clothing tags :)
ReplyDeletei love your pillow cover- the blue and green fabrics especially, are very unique things - looks like green robots? and love the little fish on the red square!
I love this. Cat praise is very high praise so I think you should take Lucy's approval as a great compliment even if no-one else has acknowledged it yet.
ReplyDeleteBasic blotchy tabby :) I've seen a few cats around the internet or Instagram that make me do a double-take and think it's Lucy - would love to see yours!
ReplyDeleteOh goodness, I'd forgotten about that notebook cover! That was one of the first things I did like that. Yes, robots and the little fish is a scrap from a shirt I made for Mat - he gets lots of compliments on it but I think it's largely the very cool fabric :)
ReplyDeleteYes, she has very discerning taste when it comes to things to sit on. :)
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