Quilts and Antifacism

Plus some progress pics

Cabin baby quilt is done!

This quilt is for the child of some of my friends who have invited me on many winter cabin trips! So I made it outdoor themed for their little explorer.

The tree blocks are machine pieced based on a block from Wise Craft Quilts by Blair Stocker. The stars and cabin are self drafted and English paper pieced. The bulk of the quilting is machine but I did do some big stitch accents for fun.

Started hand stitching the drip quilt :) it’s gonna take forever since this is 84” square, but as they say the time will pass anyways. Arya has been incredibly supportive with quality checks for both the quilt and my hoop as well

FINALLY!!!!! I still need to get the binding on but the hand quilting is DONE

my first finished quilt - economy square dinosaurs

I’m so proud of myself for doing this quilt because I’ve always seen myself as someone who can’t commit to long term goals. Now is this project barely going to span multiple weeks? Yes. Still counts for me. I’m proud of myself for trying. I knew it was going to be bad bc wuilting always seemed really scary but lowkey it’s not so bad just very tedious.

But I’m actually doing the thing I’ve always wanted to do and instead of feeling a sharp regret for not starting earlier I can’t feel anything but the JOY OF DOING WHAT IVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO!!!

As one does

Im also going to make a crib sized blanket in pink with splashes of green, blue, and yellow. It'll be pinwheel and ribbon star blocks in a checkered pattern, with some bird blocks placed semi randomly.

had the pleasure to meet the tiny person i made this for today

When we were in Fiji in January we visited a fabric store and bought these really awesome printed cotton rectangles inspired by Tapa cloth designs, with the idea of eventually making placemats out of them. 6 months later I actually did it!

I found this gorgeous leafy batik at a local fabric store back home and it pulled the whole idea together! I hemmed some squares of it for napkins, too.

I used a vintage sheet for the backing. It’s so soft!