A while back our Border's went out of business. I assume yours did too?! As I was in there on one of it's final days, I found a sewing book on super clearance that I had been wanting. I didn't pass that chance up, and Scandinavian Stitches has been on my bookshelf ever since.
It's divided into seasonal projects, based on the four seasons. During November I started looking at the winter projects and started dreaming about making every single one!
My mother's ancestors are Scandinavian. When I was drawing a blank as to what to get her for Christmas this year, I decided it should be something from this book. Enter, The January Quilt:
The pattern was straight forward, and I was able to pull from my stash all those different shades of blue! I had everything on hand that I needed to make this project!
Other than the fox, my next favorite part of the project was how you were supposed to quilt the snow with starts. I did free motion stars there in the snow! I thought it was a brilliant idea. The sky was supposed to have cloud shapes. I managed to do it a few times, but it proved to be super tricky to get my hands and brain to do that cloud shape. Go figure!
It was a very satisfying project, and I was happy to send it off to my mom, where she's going to use it as a seasonal wall hanging.
Of course, once you start looking through Scandinavian Stitches, it's really hard to not want to make one of everything. I love the idea of seasonal decorating. Which is why I'm dreaming of finding the time to make this sweet spring inspired scene. Don't you want one too?!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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2 comments:
I saw that quilt on another blog and wondered where it came from! I think it's the cutest thing!
Lovely. I'm sure Dorothy loves her wall hanging.
The book looks like serious eye candy. I love the last little house scene. That would make a cute little wall decoration. Maybe I'll get on that.
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