I was undecided so…..

A couple of posts ago I described a quiltie I had created for a swap group I belong to. Once I sat and thought about it, I looked hard again but decided that maybe I could do better!

So, I took some felt viscose from Sassalynne’s Shop on Etsy and used that as a base. Now taking various handmade papers I cut out rectangle shapes to place and sew. To finish I attached a vintage button from my MIL’s collection but placed some seed beads in its centre. For the reverse I simply took another piece of the felted viscose and zigzagged a border to keep it all together. And so, an Abstract Pink Rectangle Quiltie was born!

As its predecessor it measures 5” square. Hopefully this will look better than my Valentine quiltie. Regardless, it has now been posted so I had better stop trying to make my mind up and being so undecided!

A quiltie swap

Being part of a mixed fibre/textile group can be daunting!  Well, for me anyway!  I am still very much finding my feet and learning what to do with various textiles etc.  So, I took the bull by the horns and decided to join in this month's challenge of creating a 5" quiltie under the title of Abstract.

Mindful that February also stands for Valentine I thought I would try to capture the feeling of romanticism by including some hearts.
 

I had some red felt left over from a previous project onto which I blanket stitched some hearts.  Each heart was embellished with beads whilst the larger of the hearts had a lazy daisy stitch onto which I embroidered beads too!  Then I had some pretty ribbon left over which I attached.  Looking around my room I spotted a small gauze bag that had been used to hold the soap tablet in the washing machine.  This was cut up to fit the quiltie.  Now I had to add a little interest so decided on some glittery gold and purly snow flakes that I had used on some homemade cards!  The look was completed with a blanket stitch around the quiltie and embellished with more white beads!

I always love to see what others have achieved or created and wonder at their expertise!  Their creations always look so professional but I will continue to keep on and through trial and error will, one day, try to reach a better creation. Meanwhile, back to the drawing board!  I might even experiment a little more and might be able to produce something better.  We shall see!