Okay, so recently my dad sent me money to complete a craft of my choice. Knowing how I am, I was concerned...I have a bad habit of starting something only to never truly complete it. When someone is being so generous, well, it made me labor over the choices for far to long. Finally, one night, I decided to make a quilt. My sister Kristin has made a few that are too cute for words and I decided I CAN DO IT! (don't you think I can too?!?!)
Here is a picture of the quilt I'm going to make:
The fabrics shown are gorgeous, but both very expensive and very scarce nowadays. That line of fabric has been out for a while and it's not being printed anymore. So I scoured the web looking for good substitutes. I found a great fabric site and chose the following fabrics:
I had a difficult time picking coordinating fabrics, so I got what they call a "Fat Quarter Stack" of coordinating fabrics. I LOVE them.
The most daunting part will likely be the ruffle, which I've never done before, but Kristin seems certain she can direct me through it, even at a distance. So I'm crossing my fingers and chose this fabric for the ruffle(although it will have to be combined with another to make enough fabric to go round):
So, time to dig in my heels and COMPLETE a project for once! I'm going to do this one and I'm going to post the results, hopefully sooner rather than later! Actually, I'm hope to get a lot of it done before I head out to Colorado in a few weeks. That way my sister can help me and then I KNOW I'll get it done! Wish me luck!
3 comments:
It made my day to get a comment from you my friend. I too know far to well the "start...never finish" business. I am SO excited for you to be making a quilt! I want to know how to quilt. My Nanny quilts and has made each of us a quilt. So special! Growing up if we got cold we covered up with a quilt. Actually, don't know if I ever told you this but I sware when Beau and I first started dating we were at his parents house and I was cold and he went over to a trunk that his mom kept in her living room and pulled out a quilt-I joke that is the day I knew I would marry him!
BTW I can't believe how big Truett is!! I know the feeling about your arms falling off! We miss your sweet family too and I really would love to plan a visit soon!!
Your quilt will be awesome! Good for you for doing a project for yourself! Can't wait to see the finished product :)
I never finish ANYTHING either.
YOU CAN TOTALLY DO THIS! And it will look completey amazing, cause you're Alisa! I work better without instructions.
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