Even though I had resolved not to start any new projects until I've finished off my WISP inventory I had to make an exception for a wedding quilt for my neice. I've made quilts for all the neices & nephews as they were married and I couldn't bear to miss this one just because I'm behind on other projects!The bedroom in the new house my neice and her finance are decorating is ice blue and chocolate brown which is my current favorite color combination. And the style throughout the house is slightly vintage with Asian touches.
As she and I chatted by email about design ideas, she said she wasn't really fond of "quilty quilts"so that gave me the ideato try something outside my comfort zone -- no applique, no little fussy pieced blocks. This design is very modern and minimal. I started with this wonderful Asian inspired print I've been hoarding for years. I cut big blocks of coordinating fabrics and I plan to quilt each block in a sashiko inspired pattern. Her wedding is in a month, so I have to get stitching like mad.
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Hi Kim!
I love how contemporary this bed quilt looks. Very serene, too. And not much piecing was involved...;-)
Thanks Allie. The "not much piecing" was my favorite part.
I'm looking forward to a quick weekend of machine stitching-in-the-ditch around the blocks and a month to quilt. I'll be doing some sashiko style hand quilting in 4 or 5 of the blocks and machine quilt the rest. I haven't done any hand quilting in a couple years. Lucky for me sashiko requires nice looooong stitches.
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