This was my last sewing project that I worked on for 2010. I hand-quilted furiously trying to get this finished in time for a New Year's birthday party. I was still sewing up until a few hours before the party on the 1st, but I'm still counting this in 2010, lol.
The dresden plate pieces are made up of Kona solids and vintage sheet fqs/pillow cases, that I bought from Jeni's shop.
This mini quilt is for my blog partner Jess, who loves purple and vintage.
I love giving special gifts for milestone birthdays. I won't tell you which milestone, I'll leave that up to her =P
This was my first time doing these dresden pieces and I LOVE it. So you may see more popping up soon! The larger plate template is from 'Handmade Beginnings' and I just shrank it down for the smaller plate. I stitched in the ditch through the seams and than hand-quilted with perle cotton. There are two tiny hexagons in the center, this was the hardest decision part for me, cause honestly I was not liking the usual round center.
I also made her a cloth doll! I was so excited about this, cause it's the first one I've made and it was a total success! I'm only showing her feet (which I adore!!!) cause I replicated one that Jess had liked on Etsy but it sold, so I didn't want to step on anyone's toes since it isn't 100% my design =) But I'll be sure to share the next one that I will be making shortly, since my daughter wasn't too happy about saying goodbye to this one, lol!
Oh boy! So pretty! Before I started reading I thought "ooh, those are vintage sheets! Wait.. I recognized those vintage sheets!" haha! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's really beautiful! Love the double dresden. I REALLY need to pull out my dresden template again. I've only made one sad little dresden with it!
BEST birthday gift. :) I love them!!!!!
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