Welcome to Treadlestitches!
In the evening when the kids have gone home, you'll find me up in the sewing room with the windows open. Yesterday I finished a little quilt. The pattern is from Me and My Sister designs, and is named Amanda. The Amanda in the pattern looks like this:
It's neat, colorful and attractive.
Here's my version. I'm afraid mine looks like an explosion in a confetti factory.
I didn't use any light fabrics. My only rule was "no two pieces of the exact same print in a block". The centers are all different, mostly novelty fabrics. All of the rectangles came from the 1.5 in. scraps.
The quilting is just a simple 2.5 in. grid over the blocks, plus two lines in the borders.
The border fabric is a little calmer, just little animals and balloons on a light blue.
Looking at it now, I'm rethinking some of my color choices. Amanda has kind of gone wild! Then I remembered why I started making bright quilts. It was all because of kids in need and a program called Quilts for Kids.
Just about every quilter knows about Quilts for Kids. This organization fueled by volunteers delivers donated quilts to kids in hospitals. Anyone who has ever been to a hospital knows how cold and colorless they can be. I've been donating quilts to Quilts for Kids for more than 10 years. I might have gone overboard on Amanda, but I'm sure she'll find a loving home.
Fun in the sun, and Thomas the Tank Engine's friends.
I felt like a pirate yesterday, when I brought home this loot from a garage sale! Yards and yards of bright fabric, plus fabric markers and dish cloth yarn. Arr!
Have a lovely week! I hope you have time for the things you love to do!
Cheers for reading,
Sylvia@Treadlestitches
Linking up with:
Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday
Sarah at Can I Get A Whoop Whoop
Angela at So Scrappy, home of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge
Boy did you score at the garage sale. I detected many of your fabrics suit your style of fanciful fabric for children. Nothing is too bright to appeal to a child. Any kid receiving one of your donations with a great time playing I Spy or making up stories.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gwynedd! The sale had lots of bug prints. Should be fun figuring out what to do with them!
DeleteAmanda is a very fun quilt, Sylvia - it's going to be very loved! You have the best prints for kids quilts. I really like the big bricks blocks, too. What are the dimensions of your strips? That's a beautiful rose - enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Diann! The centers are 3.5 in. X 6.5 in. And the white strips are 2 x 6.5. These are all cut measurements. The blocks are 6 in. finished.
Deletehow fun are all those fabrics! I love that
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Thanks, LeeAnna! All these bright, fun fabrics are very good for my mental health!
DeleteBright and happy quilts are just the thing for kids in hospital. Didn't you do well with your haul!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jenny! I was so lucky to find such cute stuff!
DeleteHonestly, it looks like a fab, fun I-spy quilt for a child to dream over! Love the loot, too!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nancy! Maybe it'll be a fun distraction for a child and their family. I had lots of fun making it!
DeleteI don't care if Amanda went wild or not, she is so much FUN! Of course, a child will love it. What's not to love? It has a little I Spy vibe to it. Great job! ;^)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Chantal! She's busy, but she's definitely fun!
DeleteI think your amanda is happy and colorful - just right for children
ReplyDeleteThanks, maggie! Sometimes I lose the thread a bit, and start thinking about what grownups will think instead of what kids will like!
DeleteYour Amanda is awesome! What great garage sale"ing" you did!! My friend Martha made many quilts for "Quilts for Kids." it is a great organization.--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteThanks, TerryK! Quilts for Kids has done so much good, going strong over 22 years! I'm happy to contribute. Plus I get to keep making quilts with all these fun fabrics!
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