After all the renovating work we have done this last week, (we have removed 3 walls, painted the exterior, and put some of the new timber floor down) I decided that I wanted to play with some fabric I've been dying to use for about 6 months now!
Its an organic cotton called Tsuru, and I really love the oriental feel it has! Ive been hoarding it for long enough now! Its time to bring it out so I can use it!
I chose a BEAUTIFUL linen for the background! Its really really nice and I think it lends itself to the oriental, natural feel I'm going for.
I was going to be really boring and just copy a quilt design that I saw recently, which IS nice, but I decided to go out on a limb and take my first stab at designing my own.
I wanted to keep the design simple, and not overly crowded.
After trying out a few different designs on paper, I have decided on this one :
Or something like this one anyway! I really enjoyed making all those flying geese last week, and I still want to make more.
I'm going to call my quilt 'Flying in Formation'. (Is it weird to name a quilt before its even made?)
If it turns out any good perhaps I'll even write the pattern up and share it here on my blog.
Jessica
It's so interesting to see your creative process. I don't think it's weird to name it before it's made--people name their babies before they're even conceived!
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