I have been browsing the internet for some "love" quilts, because you know... valentine's day is coming and I want a wall hanging. I saw this cute quilt made with a panel (the quilt was called L'amore E'Bello, if you google you will find it). I really liked the idea of the tree silhouette and decided to make my own version.... I am still working on it, my Bernina needed a emergency trip to the spa so I have to wait for her return to finish the appliques. I am pleased with where this is going and decided to show a bit of the process :-)
I bought this fat quarter bundle at Joann a while ago and decided it was a little too bright, so it has been sitting around...
Here I am cutting my little sketch of the tree... I like using these big sheets of paper we for some reason have in the house, they let me see the design in real size. I am very "in front of me" visual, have a bit of a hard time drawing on the computer and imagining how it's going to look like.
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Here it is all taped to the fabric to be cut, and then the cut silhouette. For the tree and borders I am using a dark gray all over leaf print.
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Trying the placement of the other appliques. For the little appliques I just draw everything on the backing of the steam and seam and cut.
Here it is with the tree and the birds sewn in. I love the mommy and baby little birds! you can see my little one checking it out :-)
and here is where it stands now, a bit crumpled from the workout with all the appliques... still a lot of work to do! Hurry up Bernina people! :-)
I apologize for the quality of the pictures I am still using my phone for it and the weather has been soooo gloomy, no light! I promise to try and get better pictures in the future.
Thank you for looking,
Ate logo!
Andreza
