Once Upon a Time

 

A while back I spotted this triangle quilt on Pinterest by Audrie from Bleu is Blue and absolutely fell in love.  I love the simplicity of it, the clean lines and the combination of colors.  I knew I wanted to make something similar.  But I wasn't sure about the colors I wanted to use.  Then I found this fabric by Yuko Hasegawa:



Once Upon a Time Tree of Life

This is from the Once Upon a Time Collection from RJR Fabrics.  I love the color combination and the lovely whimsical feel of it.  It's sweet, but not too childish.  The teal mixed with oranges and browns, with a hint of yellow are so lovely together.  You can see most of the line here.  I love the colors that they've put together in this line.  So soft but still rich.  I knew they would be perfect for my triangle quilt.

 

 

I have to say, I'm pretty proud of this quilt.  There was a little trial and error.  I had never worked with triangles before.  But considering the fact that I was just winging it, I think I did a pretty good job.


 

I used the Tree of Life for the backing and a sweet little white daisy and teal fabric for the binding. I absolutely love it. It turned out just the way I wanted it. Not bad for my second quilt EVER!

And doesn't it look fantastic on the back of my orange chair???

 

I have a feeling I'll be doing more triangle quilts in the future. 

Me??? Sew???

In the summer of 2009,  I took a Square of the Month class at our local quilt store with a few friends.  I had never really done any sewing before that (I don't count the sewing class I took in Jr. High...it did not go well).  At first we had fun in the class.  It was something we could all do together and each month we would do lunch and then go to the class.  It was fun.  We attended most of the classes, but after a while, I lost interest.  I liked sewing, but some months I hated the square that was given the class.  Why sew something that you hate?  We tried the class the same class the next year and I dropped it almost immediately.  We tried other classes, a civil war quilt (ugh, I'm not going to get into the many reasons why that was a nightmare), applique (that was a little TOO ambitious for us) and none of them seemed to do much for me.  After that I thought maybe sewing wasn't my thing.

Three years ago for my birthday, a friend bought me a quilt kit that I had fallen in love with.  I thought it would be a perfect quilt for my niece.  THREE. YEARS. AGO.  When I first got it I was pretty overwhelmed by it.  I didn't know where to start and when I started cutting out fabric, I cut some of it wrong.  It all seemed too hard to do.  It's amazing how we put things off when we think we can't do something. 

But look at it now!  Finished and oh so sweet!  I can't believe I finally finished it!  It's not perfect.  There are a LOT of mistakes.  But I must say, I'm pretty proud of it!  I love that I can say that I did it all on my own. 

The pattern was from All People Quilt  And the fabric is Michael Miller

I gave this to my sweet niece for Christmas last year.  She loved it.

Now I sew almost every day. I have fallen in love with creating with fabric. I think about sewing and fabric almost all the time. I find myself dreaming of sewing and patterns and new things I want to try. I don't know that I've ever been this passionate about a "hobby" before.  I find myself getting excited to try new things.  It's a far cry from 2009 when I was throwing in the towel.  I'm so glad I found my way back.  Because this just feels right to me.