Pack Your Bags

I'm finally getting around to posting pictures of the quilt I made for my daughter for Christmas. This one was finished in November after I put in a solid day of shop-hopping and I took it to the longarm quilter the very next day. The pattern is Check It Out from Pressed for Time patterns. This is the second time I've used the pattern. It's a fun and easy one. The inspiration came from a bundle of fat quarters I chose because of the Eiffel tower fabric. I later found yardage of that and used it in the border. I think its' a Michael Miller fabric. My daughter took French in high school and got to go to France on a school trip (I haven't been yet. . .) so I thought this would evoke some nice memories for her. As I mentioned in my post about the Boy Scout quilt, I'm trying to learn something new with each project. For this one I learned that it's OK to dive into your stash and include a fabric that wasn't in the fat quarter bundle. I didn't think there was enough contrast in the fat quarters, so I dived into my stash and found a pink with some brown overtones and it was just the thing. The inner border is from a line called "Pack Your Bags" and so is the backing. Again, I learned that not everything has to match exactly. So even though this was an "easy" pattern, I think that making it moved me along on my quilting journey.


Comments

  1. MargaretMarch 31, 2011 at 4:17 AM

    Very nice! I bet your daughter loves it too!

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  2. CatherineMarch 31, 2011 at 6:34 AM

    Oh I love it!!

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  3. TeresaBMarch 31, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    How lucky your daughter is! What a beautiful quilt.

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  4. BluMarch 31, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    It's gorgeous. There's something about the pink and brown...

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  5. SiobhánApril 3, 2011 at 5:37 AM

    That's beautiful! I love that color combo.

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  6. RobinApril 10, 2011 at 5:42 AM

    I love the colors and the Paris touch is neat. I am sure your daughter will cherish it.

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