Monday, February 3, 2014

My Favorites Quilt

I finally made a quilt especially for me. The idea had been percolating for awhile and I knew I wanted to use my stash of coveted Japanese prints. All of my favorites are in here.


I began cutting the triangles before being completely sure of the layout. It was both nerve wracking and exhilarating to cut into fabrics that I had been saving (hoarding) for so long. But really, what good are they sitting on a shelf? I didn't buy fabric to create a museum. I bought it to make awesome stuff!


The back is a fantastic text print from IKEA.


When I first started laying out the triangles, they were completely random. I knew I wanted to add the white sashing but the look was still very chaotic. As I played around with it all, I started to pair up the triangles into semi-coordinated diamonds. I think it really helped to bring some small sense of order to the various prints and colors used.


I really love this quilt. Like, REALLY love this quilt. It was extremely liberating to cut into all these beauties and now I get to enjoy seeing them every single day. Lesson learned: use your fabric. It gives you much more joy than just piling it on a shelf.


The binding is yarn dyed essex linen, which is one of my all time favorite fabrics. Ever.

Ahhhh....what a joy. Buy what you love, use what you have, enjoy what you make. Life is really too short to do it any other way.
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22 comments:

  1. verykerryberryFebruary 4, 2014 at 12:28 AM

    Beautiful! I love your choice of binding too, I haven't seen that linen used solely for that and it looks great, perfect frame

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  2. cauchy09February 4, 2014 at 5:56 AM

    hooray! i need to take your advice and start chopping my stash. this is a really lovely quilt.

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  3. AnnMarieFebruary 4, 2014 at 6:38 PM

    Love, love, love your quilt!

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  4. DawnFebruary 4, 2014 at 7:37 PM

    "Buy what you love, use what you have, enjoy what you make." Great advice! And you quilt is lovely! Now you can enjoy all those treasured fabrics every time you look at your quilt.

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  5. DawnFebruary 4, 2014 at 7:38 PM

    oops -- meant to say: your quilt is lovely!

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  6. Gail LizetteFebruary 5, 2014 at 2:38 PM

    just gorgeous! I'm so happy you were able to use and find joy with your favorites!

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2014 at 9:21 AM

    BRAVO! You blazed a path for me .... it's high time to cut into the preciously stored fabric! LOVE your piece very very much. My daughter just bought that Ikea print for me - I'll try not to hoard it too!

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  8. AmberFebruary 12, 2014 at 12:13 AM

    Ok first I had to pin this, then comment. Megan holy shit this is so awesome! What!?! I loooooove it. I wish I was going to be at the meeting next week to see it in person!

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  9. BethFebruary 20, 2014 at 7:23 AM

    Absolutely gorgeous! You have the tiny white smashing perfectly in line also! Give yourself a pat on the back for such a well done creation - thanks so much for sharing with us so we are motivated to go create! Beth in AL

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  10. CindyFebruary 25, 2014 at 3:06 PM

    LOVING this quilt. Glad you used the fabric you were hoarding. Now you get to look at it all the time, score!

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  11. pinkMarch 4, 2014 at 5:58 AM

    I am not a quilt lover but this one draws me in. Has a vintage feel and modern look.

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  12. Terri Ann @ ChildlikeFascination.comMay 7, 2014 at 1:06 PM

    Your triangles with sashing is just wonderful, I don't think I've seen this exact layout before but I absolutely love it. I'll have to pin this quilt to be inspired again later!

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  13. HeatherSeptember 2, 2014 at 4:31 PM

    love it . You will cherish it.

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  14. AnonymousOctober 13, 2014 at 2:57 AM

    How did you made that shashing?

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  15. AnonymousMarch 25, 2015 at 9:12 AM

    Was looking for a scrap-buster online, and I loved this quilt enough to attempt a knockoff. Just cut some diamonds and will turn them into triangles tonight. Thanks for the inspiration! Here's my "beginning" http://morkenmadness.blogspot.com/2015/03/crazy-quilt.html

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  16. TiffanyJune 11, 2015 at 4:39 AM

    This is absolutely gorgeous! I cut all of my hoarded Mendocino fabric a while ago into triangles, and couldn't come up with a design that I love. This would be perfect! Would you mind telling me what size Sashing you used and describe your process a little bit? Thank you!

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  17. UnknownJuly 6, 2016 at 3:32 PM

    Hi! I think your quilt is beautiful! I'm going to make one like it for my daughter going to college - using all her old tshirts :) Can you tell me what size quilt you made and what size the triangles are? thank you!!

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  18. UnknownJuly 6, 2016 at 3:55 PM

    Hi! I think your quilt is beautiful! I'm going to make one like it for my daughter going to college - using all her old tshirts :) Can you tell me what size quilt you made and what size the triangles are? thank you!!

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    Love the vintage feel and variety of fabrics used. The white adds such a nice rhythm.

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