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Showing posts with label blue elephant stitches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blue elephant stitches. Show all posts

Monday, May 9, 2011

Blue Elephant Stitches BowTie Quilt

This is our second feature of Jolene from Blue Elephant Stitches.  First one is a darling stack of place mats found here.  I love this quilt she's sharing today, so simple but interesting.  I love the bright colors and fabrics for the bow ties paired with the soft solids.  Just fabulous!  Anyway make sure to stop by Blue Elephant Stitches, take a look around and see her finished quilts and I for one cannot wait to see how this quilt of hers turns out.  So cute!!


This quilt top sat on the shelf for six months.  I contemplated not finishing cause it just wasn't looking that exciting.  I finally decided to finish it, and now it's my favorite of all my recent finishes!  Just goes to show that you can't judge a quilt by it's top!  


I had all these little triangles left over from some other project, and decided to make them into a quilt like this. I originally planned to use all one background color, but my infuriating habit of only buying half yards really came back to bite me here.  I had to keep adding more solid fabrics as I ran out of one, then another.  (I was originally planning on the creamy yellow)  

I really like it now though!  So maybe it wasn't such a bad thing...
 

And I used the last of my Bliss Aqua Polka dot flannel on the back. This stuff is so versatile,  I think I could use it on half the quilts I make.


Also we've got a new advertiser, Sew Obsessed, take a peek on our sidebar.  A cute sister duo with a successful quilt shop that they've now taken online.  I'm eying this stack of fabric...I don't think I can resist!!
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