I shared last week that one of my close friends had a little baby girl. I was so excited as I had the perfect scraps left of beautiful material from Michael Miller to make a quilt! These scraps are from the "Ginger Blossom" collection.Here is a close shot of my favorite part of the quilt. The "P" I traced a large chipboard letter onto my fabric, cut it out and zig zagged it into place. I finished her name with the alphabet stamps from the Kim Hughes collection. The little sheep and chick are stamped from Kim's "Sweet Spring" set as well. I colored in a little definition with my copics and added some grass ground cover.
I hope I am encouraging you to use your stamps for SO MUCH MORE than paper.
As for the pattern of the quilt. Well, I didn't follow one. I had a specific amount of fabric left in the different patterns so I drew out on a piece of paper how far each swatch would go and made my pattern accordingly.
Here is a shot of the full baby quilt. How fun it was to make something for such a special lil' bundle!Enjoy your monday!
Psst.....did you notice the new little feature on my blog. I have been seeing these question/answer boxes around and thought it was a great idea. So if you have anything you want to ask or just want to chit chat....there it is on my side bar....
10 comments:
very beautiful.. you definitely inspired me to use my stamps on more than paper.. thanks..!!
very lovely quilt! This is a lucky baby!
wow this is a great idea and so pretty
Hugs
Norine
Wow! How creative and beautiful....I had not thought of using stamps this way...thank you for sharing
You are one multi-talented lady! (something I hope to be one day, lol!) This is a beautiful quilt!
Thanks for the quilt Sherrie, it's beautiful. It will make a great keepsake. (and yes I will use it!)
Anita
That is seriously the most beautiful precious little quilt ever!!! Wonderful colors and design, you are one talented girlie:)!
I love your quilts... I've been making some for my kids too (jean ones, they're so warm & cuddly)... my question though, is what type of ink do you use to stamp on your fabric? I know you colour with copics which is fine for washing, but what about the base ink... any special one best IYO?
For this quilt I used Palette's Burnt Umber (Tsukineko) as I know it is permanent when heat set and works with copics too.
This is adorable!
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