Over the past few years there has been talk of secret Santa’s and cutting back on Christmas presents in our house. As a result I decided last Christmas that I would make something special for my two sisters as it might be the last Christmas present I would be giving them. It was going to be sewn, that much I knew. I didn’t think I would manage a quilt, my machine struggles with quilting a cot sized quilt, it would never manage anything larger.
Then I discovered rag quilts (thank you Pinterest!) and I knew exactly what I would make. I bought a couple of layer cakes of Moda’s Mod Century, flannel for the centres and some dimple dot minky for the backs. I chose to ignore the advice that 10″ squares were not the best size to use for a lap quilt and fashioned two quilts from the selected fabric.
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I worked up my fabric layouts on
Electric Quilt as I have neither the floor space nor the peace (two little boys who like to help) and I have to say I was very pleased with the results. While I like the rag quilt seams I prefer bound edges so that I did with matching cotton. They were a huge hit. They have been used almost daily ever since, perfect for snggling under in the evening after work, for reading, for watching TV.
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Given the success of my Christmas gifts I decided what better to gift my niece for her fourth birthday. This time I selected fabrics featuring pink and turquoise, her favourite colours. I opted for a few fabrics from Michael Miller’s Happy Hills range and teamed them up with some Tiny Ginghams and a few squares of Riley Blake’s White Contrary Circles.
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As there was enough colour in the fabrics and backing, alternating squares of turquoise and fuschia dimple dot miky, so I went with a nice plain cream flannel for the centre of each sandwich. I cut the squares to 8″ square and decided on a 7×7 quilt.
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I decided to finish I would embelish the centre square with her initial M and a crown in glitter iron-on. After all what little girl doesn’t love glitter or dream of being a princess!
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