Once again it’s time for the wonderful Blogger’s Quilt Festival sponsored by Amy, at Amy’s Creative Side. For this festival, I actually have something new that I am pretty excited about.
Question: When your daughter’s wedding is over, what do you do with all the stuff you have spent a whole year making — stuff which is taking up a lot of space in your sewing room, but you can’t bear to get rid of because it’s either sentimental, or because well . . . you might have a tiny hoarding problem? You make a quilt, of course! All those leftover hand embroidered napkins that guests left on the tables, the yards and yards of fabric pennants, the embroidered chair backs, the ring pillow, and pieces of vintage doilies and dresser scarves are now part of a comfy little quilt.
First I cut out the monogram, and then I used the rest of the napkin as a base for the crazy blocks. After penciling the finished size, I laid out the pieces, pressed under the appropriate edges, and top stitched them down. Because the blocks are pretty thick, I doubled the sashing fabric. The prairie points seemed like a good idea because they reminded me of the pennants, and also because I have a about a million of them that I need to use up. The batting is an old flannel sheet, and right now the quilt is just tied in the block corners, although I am thinking that I might machine stitch in the ditch around each block.
Emily’s Wedding Quilt
Martha Dellasega Gray, 2011
machine pieced, tied
50″ x 60″
Wow! That is lovely!! I love crazy quilts, but not full. I think the frames for squares is fabulous!!!
love the quilt!
Margaret
http://www.quiltsoflove.blogspot.com
LOL, “you might have a tiny hoarding problem?” Hahahahaha! I can ‘sew’ relate. That is a great keepsake for her of all those special things you did to make her wedding amazing.
Fantastic! When do you sleep??
What a wonderful idea… and what a stunning, meaning-filled quilt! Brava!
Beautiful quilt, for sure! And it’s fun and sentimental and wonderful! 🙂
OMG! This is so pretty and what a wonderful way to use up the ‘memories’… I know she will treasure this quilt forever!
What a gorgeous heirloom, Martha, this is spectacular – the memories will live on forever, I love it!
What a great idea.
And I regularly make myself watch Hoarders. Just to keep myself in check. It’s hard when your a crafter!
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing it!
It turned out beautifully!
I saw a reference the other day that I think I will start using. It is not a hoard, it is my ‘textile 401k’!
That is such a great idea!!! And it turned out amazing.
So cute!!! Love quilt.
Stunning!!!
Greetings from Hungary. I love the asymmetrical quilt. The colors are beautiful. Very nice work. Fine in stapled
I think your repurposing of all of the varous elements from the wedding is brilliant! The quilt is beautiful..and such a nice memento from that special day..and beginning of a life together for the kids. An heirloom for sure.
Well done Martha!
Beautiful! Soft and feminine and simply wonderful! All of the little details are just delightful: the initials and the kitty bride and groom and I’m just crazy about the lettering. You completely captured the wonderful romantic wedding feeling
What a totally wonderful idea that I am going to have to wait at least 20 years to copy!!
What a precious quilt.
So cute! I just love the teddy bears 🙂
Oh Martha, it is wonderful! Such a treasure for your daughter and new husband! Well done and so clever!!! 🙂 Hugs, Mickie
Beauriful amazing quilt. Absolutely love it!
It’s really beautiful. One I’m sure your daughter shall treasure.
So that’s what you do with those odd bits and bobs of embroidered dresser scarves/napkins/tablecloths? How creative! Lovely quilt!
Not only beautiful, but so, so special! I’m sure I would have left all those things to gather dust in boxes. This is so much better!
When I first read the title of your post, I thought, “you made all of those aprons and a quilt at the same time?!”. I am glad the quilt was after the wedding. 🙂
It’s really beautiful and I love how you incorporated the bits of decorations you wanted to save. You have a very lucky daughter!
Prettiest quilt with so many wonderful memories stitched together! It is a very special quilt to be treasured and loved for generations to come. Those praire points complete the quilt perfectly! Thank you for sharing, Martha!
What a great idea of a gift for your daughter to remind her of her wedding. I bet she will treasure it for years to come — and it turned out beautifully! =)
that is just a wonderful quilt made of fantastic pieces saved from your daughter’s wedding. what beautiful embroidery you’ve done and to have all these things to celebrate the event over and over is great. thanks for sharing and have a great day
Lovely quilt, thanks for sharing.
What a beautiful quilt!! I was enticed to your blog by a pic I saw of the heart quilt – but this quilt w/all the wedding keepsakes sewn into it is just fantastic! How lucky your daughter is to have such a generous and creative mom!