Meet my butterfly quilt! It is so big, I couldn't hold it myself :) |
Quilt back with black binding. |
I have been working on this quilt since March when my mum asked me to make a quilt for her newly refurbished living room. The refurbishments are done and I have seen pics of the room and also my mum told me which colors will be dominant. So, fingers crossed that the quilt will look nice on the couch :)
Quilt idea: I got the idea to make this quilt (which is almost a rip off) when seeing this beautiful Japanese quilt from Kumiko Fujita on the blog of Mrs Schenkman:
Butterfly Quilt by Kumiko Fujita (source). |
I found two tutorials on the internet about how to make these butterfly blocks: Mrs Schenkman Quilts and Red Pepper quilts. I went with the method shown by Red Pepper Quilts and made 200 Butterfly blocks in total! I made more than I need for the quilt (I used 180 in the quilt) because my mum was also asking for matching cushions :) The quilt measures 84" x 76" and is the biggest quilt I made so far!
I also quilted some flowers. |
To assemble 10 single butterflies is took me about an hour, so you can imagine how much time and love went into making it. I also made 200 little circles using £2 and £1 coins. These I fused with fusible web to the quilt top and then stitched them on with a normal straight stitch.
Then I assembled my quilt sandwich and basted it with basting spray! I am not patient enough to pin the whole quilt and always use the 505 basting spray which holds my layers well together. And then I go ahead and pin the edges of the quilt only. The quilt was so big, I could just about lay it out in our dining room :)
Basting. |
Free motion quilting designs. |
I told my mum already and even without having seen the quilt she said it doesn't matter and nobody will notice. So sweet isn't she? So fingers crossed that she will like it :)
Oh it looks gorgeous, reckon your mum will love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you :) My Mum loves it and even my Dad is really proud, hihi.
DeleteWow. Seriously impressive work! It's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I am really happy with how it turned out.
DeleteWowsers!!! This is amazing! I haven't seen the butterfly block before, and I love the little circles. I hope your Mum loves it.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Yes she does. The quilt has now found it's place on the couch and it fits perfectly into the living room :)
DeleteYour quilt is lovely! I have a butterfly quilt that my grandmother made for her own wedding in 1933. When I was a little girl, my grandfather would take it out of the trunk, tuck me in and tell me to sleep with the butterflies. When grandma passed away, my mother gave it to me and told me that grandma had always wanted me to have it. It means so much to me. I'm sure your quilt means quite a bit to your mother. Thanks for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteThank you! And thanks for sharing your lovely story. I can only imagine how many memories your grandmothers butterfly quilt holds for you. I hope that at some point my quilt will be full of memories as well :)
DeleteThat is amazing Daniela! It's beautiful! I'm sure you mum will absolutely love it. I really like the idea of making a quilt (it was a friend's quilt that was one of the things that made me start sewing) but it just takes so long and I'm not sure I have the patience at the moment - I just think about how many clothes I could make in that time!
ReplyDeleteThanks. And yes my mum loved it. And you are right about that patchworking and quilting takes up a lot of time. But actually I don't mind because whenever I get depressed with fitting a garment I have something lovely and colorful to go back to. That's why I always have a quilting project going :)
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