Dec 19, 2020
I made myself a hat with a chubby star on the top and am very pleased with myself
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I made myself a hat with a chubby star on the top and am very pleased with myself
JOY Fabric project - Finished: Over the last few months, I have been lucky enough to work with Tamara Kate’s new collection for Michael Miller Fabrics - JOY. It’s a beautiful collection with fun, bright colours - a reminder that spring is coming soon! My husband and I went out this weekend to take some photos at a park nearby in snowy Ottawa, it was nice to get outside pics on a sunny day!
Quilty details:
* 52″ square finished size
* Fabric is almost all of Tamara Kate’s JOY collection, with a few Michael Miller Cotton Couture Solids mixed in; backing is the main “Grandiflora” print
* Block loosely based on a traditional “chubby star” type block with a pinwheel centre; I drafted a basic pattern for myself to follow (after sketching out some ideas)
* Free motion quilted by me on my domestic (a Janome 8200 QC) - using 5 thread colours to match (black, white, pink, yellow, teal), mostly Aurifil 40-wt and some Wonderful 50-wt -- probably the most thread I’ve ever put into a small quilt!
I really enjoyed making this quilt from start to finish. I felt like it was the perfect project for me right now, with a slow pace and a little bit of experimentation with design and quilting.
This quilt is going to my mother-in-law: a part-birthday, part-Mother’s Day, and part-congratulations quilt - as she just became a grandmother for the first time this week (and I became an aunt, too!) I hope she is able to use and love it for years to come!
Linking up with Finish it up Friday!
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If you would like to find some JOY fabric of your own - check out my Instagram for a fat quarter bundle giveaway, open from Friday 23 February to Sunday 25 February!
The fabric line is also available at the following online stores:
www.thequilterstrunk.com
www.kaysquiltshop.com
www.hawthornethreads.com
www.cottoncuts.com
www.equilter.com
www.cottonpickinstitchn.etsy.com
www.fabric.com
And check out Tamara Kate’s website for more information on her designs!
