Hello all! As some of you may already know, one of my many interests in life is sewing. Ever since I was little I always wanted to make/sew my own things, be it clothes, bags or hair accessories. It took me up until my senior year of high school to start expressing my true interests to others and let them know the 'real' me. I have to thank my gram for gifting me my very first sewing machine when I was 18. I wanted to go to design school so badly, but my parents did not like that idea too much. [I currently study accounting at my local community college.] Don't get me wrong, I actual really love accounting, as strange as that sounds.. the honest to betsey truth of the matter is though, that i don't know what I want to do with my life, so for now I just attend school to earn a degree, and [hopefully] figure out what I am going to do with rest of my life.
But back to the purpose of this post [geez, i ramble an awful lot.. sorry guys!] I am taking my love of sewing in a new direction, once again thanks to my gram. I've suddenly become extremely interested in quilting. She has made some seriously badass quilts and the detail on them it amazing! I give her mad props for being able to create such works of art.. plus they're super comfy! I stumbled upon this tutorial, and decided that this was the perfect choice for two reasons, 1. IT"S A UNION JACK!!!! Anyone who knows me knows i have an insanefascination obsession with all things British! so naturally, as soon as I laid my eyes on this tutorial, I knew I was going to attempt to make it. 2. It's not your grandma's quilt, it's much more contemporary and awesome! haha
I decided to change the dimensions a bit, since this is going to be my first quilt ever. For right now, the smaller, the better in my opinion. The final measurements of my attempt at this union jack quilt is [i think] 22 x 22, give or take a few inches. I didn't use Lynne's tutorial word for word. I mostly used it as inspiration and a guideline to create my own quilt block.
But back to the purpose of this post [geez, i ramble an awful lot.. sorry guys!] I am taking my love of sewing in a new direction, once again thanks to my gram. I've suddenly become extremely interested in quilting. She has made some seriously badass quilts and the detail on them it amazing! I give her mad props for being able to create such works of art.. plus they're super comfy! I stumbled upon this tutorial, and decided that this was the perfect choice for two reasons, 1. IT"S A UNION JACK!!!! Anyone who knows me knows i have an insane
I decided to change the dimensions a bit, since this is going to be my first quilt ever. For right now, the smaller, the better in my opinion. The final measurements of my attempt at this union jack quilt is [i think] 22 x 22, give or take a few inches. I didn't use Lynne's tutorial word for word. I mostly used it as inspiration and a guideline to create my own quilt block.
Here's is what I have started so far. The very beginning of my soon-to-be Union Jack quilt. I started working on this last weekend and realized that I didn't purchase enough fabric [the ultimate cliche first-time quilter mistake ha] So I quickly hopped on Etsy and purchased some more fabric from the always lovely, Laura of Fabric Square Shop. It arrived only a day or two after I ordered it, which was a very pleasant surprise...Thanks again, Laura!
I going to be posting about my progress as I get further along, so stick around to see how my Union Jack quilt comes out!
Have a happy Monday everyone!
xxoo
wow I cannot wait to see how this comes out! I love the patterns!
ReplyDeletehaha Thanks! Me either..it's gonna take forever but I'm excited to attempt my first one
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