Two moments preceded the birth of these three blue pillows.
The first one happened, when I saw a preview of
the fabric collection by French General called Bleue De France. I´m not what you would call „classical“ quilter,
nevertheless I fell immediately in love with the fabrics and ordered a pack of fatquarters. Having the fabrics at home, I wasn´t able to cut into them, it was
such a beauty…
The second moment came in March of this year when my friend Darja brought three pillows to a tell-and-show event, three classical beauties, hand-sewn and hand-quilted. I immediately knew this would be the right use for my blue cotton darlings.
The first step was that I had to learn a
different hand-sewing method than EPP, sewing along a line without any paper templates. It was a little bit tricky in the
beginning, but step by step I got used to it, and voila - The Y-seams were not
difficult at all! I fell in love with this
sewing method, it´s such a great opportunity to slow down!
I made plastic templates for fussy cutting and
spent many happy moments choosing the motifs for the pieces.
Once the pieces were cut I could start sewing. I took sewing everywhere with me and enjoyed it very much.
I added borders on the sewing
machine and quilted on my Baby Lock Sashiko machine. (It´s a pity, but my hands
protest very hard against hand-quilting of projects bigger than a zipper pouch.)
I´m really proud of the three pillows. My very
first „classical“ hand-sewn patchwork project!
Happy stitching!
Michaela
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