This is the latest quilt to cross my studio worktable, the Denyse Schmidt "Single Girl" quilt I'm making for Emma's bed. I actually finished the quilt top before the Christmas flurry started, and put it away till the new year to work on other things. I'm really happy to pull it out again and refocus.
I started this quilt promising myself I would not buy any printed fabrics to do the piecing with, they would all come from my stash. Which they did. At the time, my fabric shelves were so full, I really didn't see many of these prints until I took everything out and put it all back, piece by piece. In the end, as I suspected, I had to choose between too many prints. There are 35 prints called for, and I gave very little thought as to how the patterns I did choose would work with each other. As for Emma, her only request was that there be lots of light blue and I figured, even for a 10 year old girl that color would never really fall out of favor. I chose a neutral background, a white with a very slight touch of gray. (I believe its Kona Cotton 'Natural'.)
I am really happy with how this has turned out so far. Those who have read this blog for any length of time may remember that I have already made a quilt for Emma's bed. That one is on her bed now, and has been used daily since I made it. Truth is, when a girl likes to make quilts, and she runs out of beds to make them for, she starts all over again. I guess that's what I'm doing. I will put a loftier batting inside (dream cotton), and will use flannel for the backing. It will be heavier than the 'simple' quilt, so we can switch them out seasonally.
The next step is quilting it and this time, I am planning to have it professionally done. I have juggled with going this route with every quilt I've ever made but always ended up doing the quilting myself to save money and to prove to myself I could do it. This time I've got so many other things going on that I thought I would just give the idea a try. It will be a relief to only have to concentrate on the binding, that's always sort of a cathartic process for me.
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Thanks for all the wonderful comments and kind words about Peter's art. You are such a wonderfully supportive bunch. I am still trying to get more pictures of my piece, but in the meantime here's the one he made for his parents. The man's got skills.
I have a giveaway planned here on Thursday, so please check in.
Soon!
