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I was thrilled when I was commissioned to make a quilt for a girl using the Forest Elementals in purple. Jasmin asked for the purples and for not too much pink—a quilt for a baby girl. I had an idea when I woke up and wanted to try. So I drew a sketch and Jasmin told me to go for it. This is the end result.


I really like large stripes of fabrics. I cut up a variety of stripes from 25cm or 10 inches of the Elk Landscape to 4  inches using the other Forest Elemental fabrics and Kona cottons. The white  strips of fabric are consistently 4 inches wide. The fabric pieces were first laid out in a composition I liked and then sewn together using the bands of white in between to make the strips look like they're floating. Then I thought I should use some yellow and pink to warm and brighten it up and make it more girly. I just love pink, so I sneaked some in.

Next I bravely cut the strips that make up the quilt top in half. I gave myself one second to change my mind in which I took a picture but I wanted it in two halves, so slash, make no mistakes!

Then I flipped one piece to make the quilt more interesting, which also means the quilt has no up or down side.
I trimmed the two sides and then sewed the white bands to the inside and the outsides.


This is the quilt top before I quilted it. It was a  big quilt to baste. Seriously got my arms aching. I wanted the quilt to feel soft and welcoming so I decided to lightly quilt it. I hand stitched most seams in purple variegated Egyptian cotton, which is fabulously easy to use. Then added a few wavy lines on the machine.





The Dandelion Circles are a favorite of mine to back quilts with. I also sewed two pieces of the Fairy Lovehearts  into the back and changed the direction of the Dandelion Circles to create a simple pieced back. As it is a girls quilt I had to add some love hearts ohh and some pink. Good energy and all that love, you know.

Would love to know what you think! Maybe there's a kit in this.


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