Monday, February 13, 2012

Shabby chic love!




I started my two week quilting class on Friday and made these little babies!  This quilting technique is very easy and super fast.  I need ten of these squares to make my table runner and I am going to finish the last five today.  On Friday we will put them all together in class.  You make each square quilted as you go and the fabric on the back is the deep pink one and will also fold in to edge each square.  Then I will simply 
 sew them together and voila - hopefully!
Here is a close up of the fabric

  
Isn't it pretty?  I love vintage floral fabrics.  This will look lovely on my dining room table.

We had such  a cold snap on the weekend with temperatures of around -30C with windchill.  We were inside most of the time, apart from church on Sunday obviously.  I sometimes wish I could hibernate in winter - who am I kidding, I probably do - as much as I can that is!  We really have had a fairly mild winter for Ottawa standards.  My daughter thinks we are near the end, but I remind her that we are only at Feb 13th and have a long way to go yet.  We will be white and won't see grass until at least mid to end of March! 

Have a great Monday everyone!

5 comments:

  1. Absolutely gorgeous! You are so clever! I think the fabric is the same as the one in my skirt (in my blog header pic). How funny would that be? Thank you for your lovely comment about my cushion covers today, xx

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  2. I just took a closer look at your pic...yes, it IS the same as my skirt! AND the tiny pink floral is the same as the bottom left leaf on my cushion!! Imagine that, and we are thousands of miles apart! :)

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    1. I told you we were kindred spirits - who knew?!! The fabric did come from the UK as I ordered it on Ebay. I love those little floral prints. You may see more matching fabrics as time goes on as I am really drawn to this style.

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  3. Those look great! I just discovered your blog and thought I'd stop by and say 'hello' :) x

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    1. Thanks for stopping by. I now have another blog to check out. Don't you love this blogging community and how you can "get to know" new folks?! I look forward to going through your blog. Thanks for your comments on the blocks. This really is my first attempt at quilting so I am a little excited! I am off to class in an hour and will post the final results (hopefully it will be finished in class) when I get back later in the day.

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