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Small quilt

  After discovering Spirit Cloth, I've been inspired to take out the fabric I bought a while back form Azabu-ya and try my hand at quilting. When I tried a few months ago I didn't get very far because I was trying to practice the quilting stitch on samples that weren't going to be anything and I really need a project to get going. So this will be my first project for both quilting and embroidering. I have some ideas for the embroidery, but first I am going to quilt enough of the fabric that I don't have to worry about messing that up while I embroider. I know that usually people embroider first, but I've already found out a couple of things about the kind of quilter I'm going to be, if this works out.
a) I don't like to use a hoop.
b) I don't care about the way things are supposed to be done as long as I like what I get.
Looking at the kind of quilting and embroidery that Jude of Spirit Cloth does, I am convinced that this is the way to go for me.

This is how far I got yesterday.

So far I quilt stitched along two lines and the stitches are very "rustic". I'm telling myself it's a feature, not a bug. :)

I like the back fabric almost as much as the front one, so I am going to try to make a reversible quilt. Funny that this morning I should see this same fabric on another blog: 100% Pura Lana.

Given the colors and motifs of the fabric, I am thinking of a marine subject for my embroidery.

Comments

hey, glad to see you inspired and quilting.... great fabrics, good luck! and thanks for the mention.

It IS the same fabric! What a coincidence. Nice to see what you are doing with it...
:-)

yay for quilting! i've yet to post officially on my first quilting project ( a pillow) but my stitches were quite "rustic" as well.

;)

Wow, beautiful fabrics!

It's going to be fun to watch your quilting project as it progresses. I'm not a quilter, but I do enjoy watching someone quilt.

i am so excited to see what you do! i think i might be a convert to the tiny quilt and all the interesting things you can do with them. jude certainly has inspired me to give it a try. i am quite pleased to see you are going to put all those lovely embroidery books to use too.