Saturday 25 January 2014

FAL Success Number 1... An Embroidered Alphabet Quilt/Wallhanging

Yes, you read it right, after a shocking 18 point list of shame with my WIP's I have started to make headway, and actually finished 2 items off of my list!  They're not the biggest items on the list, but also not the smallest, and either way, that list is now down to 16, which is a start considering we're only a couple of weeks in.

So, the first item is my Embroidered Alphabet Quilt/Wallhanging, which I started last year, around August/ September time when my sewjo was still awol, and I could barely lift myself off of the sofa.  Most of the individual letters come from this fantastic book:
 
There were a few letters I couldn't resist changing, so B and T now have Bus and Tea which seemed just a bit more British, and fun (thanks to the lovely Aneela Hoey's fantastic patterns), and for J and Z, I made up my own designs for Jigsaw and Zig Zag. 


For the background I couldn't resist adding polka dots, what can I say, I am a sucker for polka dots, I love them added to just about anything and everything!  After a big debate about the binding, and pretty much everyone thinking I should go for the red solid or red and white, I just couldn't shake the idea there was another option I wanted to use.  


So after a little visit to the lovely Susan last week (who also led me astray with a visit to Bramble Patch where I was incredibly restrained!), and asking her opinion with the fabric options, she liked the other option too, so I went with her fantastic judgement (because it agreed with mine, if not I would have ignored her obviously!!!)

This quilt is all the more special because the centre block was taken from a drawing by my older daughter, as a representation of our new family of 4 and a gift for her new little sister!

I've added a little hanging sleeve on the back, and this should be on the wall in the nursery within the next week or so, and the whole space will start to feel a bit more cosy and baby friendly!


I'll be back tomorrow with my next finish, don't want to overwhelm you all at once...

Ange xxx








15 comments:

  1. lol. The black looks gorgeous. Maybe it was just the photo leading us astray :-)
    Congrats on finishing this one off.
    E xx

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  2. it looks so good. I love the central block - how special :-)

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  3. Beautiful and that centre block is one you'll treasure forever x

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  4. Fabulous, love the binding.

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  5. What a lovely addition to your nursery!

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  6. Fab wall hanging and the centre picture is priceless. I think you may have made a family heirloom. Di x

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  7. Fabulous finish! And what a finish! X

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  8. Aw, what a lovely project! And well done for having SOMETHING ready for the baby ;-)

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  9. That is fantastic, and you and Susan are totally right on the binding!

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  10. Such a lovely heirloom Ange, especially with the block that C added. Gorgeous x

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  11. Excellent first finish of the year!

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  12. another gorgeous finish! You did the right thing with that binding. Where is the Bramble Patch? Please say it's too far for me to take a trip whilst telling the hub I've gone to asda!

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  13. Wow, i've been waiting to see this one finished as its looked amazing as you've been showing each block - its wonderful!! Lucky baby!

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  14. Your quilt is absolutely gorgeous, your daughter did a nice job on the drawing, how precious!

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