What I am currently working on started off as a mattress cover for my daughter's playpen. But now, a couple of stitches down the line, it is turning into yet another baby quilt. I'll post an "after" picture once I am done:
So while I am on about quilting, let me say I am no experienced stitcher on this field. I made my first object early last year after being inspired by a good (American) friend of mine who made a baby quilt for each of her three little blessings. I started off with a practice round - a floor/play blanket for my little one. This blanket turned out to be more of a patchwork project than a quilt one. I learnt that I am no traditionalist and enjoy doing all parts of my quilt with the machine.
Then I continued with my daughter's very own baby quilt which I thoroughly loved making - especially the freestyle machine quilting around the borders.
"Beflügelt" as they would say here in Germany, which means as much as being on a roll, I decided I could take on any quilters challenge and contiued with a 2 x 2 metre bedthrow made from my husbands old (sea island cotton) shirts. This one was a biggie and I eventually darted off to the Quilt Cottage for some emergency help - hoping that I could get my project done by Christmas. Needless to say that the help and level of tips there was absolutely amazing and I managed to finish everything in time.
I even got to use my awesome new embroidery function of my sewing machine and gave the whole blanket a slight maritime theme.
Although I am relatively new to this field - and don't want every corner of my apartment to be patchworked, I think making these blankets is a wonderful way to use up material leftovers and turn them into something that can be cuddled and loved for many years from today.
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