Thursday 31 October 2013

A Lovely Year of Finishes - oktobermålet er nådd

Så ble det et teppe av disse blokkene som så slik ut da måneden startet. Men jeg bestemte meg for å quilte inn noe blått på de hvite feltene, så jeg kunne ikke sy på lukkekanter enda. Det ble et perfekt teppe for picnic, så nå kan jeg bare begynne å vente på våren.

Det som var fint med dette var at jeg fikk brukt opp mange av de gamle dongeribuksene jeg hadde liggende. Quiltet med blomster i forskjellige størrelser, og fikk på den måten god trening i frihåndsquilting.
















































































I made a quilt out of the blocks I had at the beginning of the month. I found out that I would love to have some blue stripes quilted into the white parts, so I couldn't bind this quilt yet. But it became a nice quilt for picnic, so now I'm already longing for spring.

I used many of the old denim jeans I had in a big box. And I quilted different sized flowers in all the denim blocks. A good way of practicing free hand quilting.

Linked up to A Lovely Year of Finishes, October Finishes Party , LaFF at Richard and Tanya Quilts 
and Crazy mom quilts.

7 comments:

  1. Great denim quilt. I'm in the process of breaking out the denim, myself. I just love the weight of denim in a quilt. You have given me great inspiration.

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  2. this has worked so well with the old jeans, I have 3 pairs one of which is a patterned pair that my daughter has given me to chop up and your quilt has motivated me

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  3. Love this quilt -- and it will be so sturdy! Your flowers came out pretty too. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Underbar picknick quilt !!Bambikramar

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  5. Det var tufft av Dig att sy en quilt av bland annat gamla jeans, tycker jag.
    Den ser härlig ut!

    Dollandesign

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  6. visiting from crazy mum quilts. I love upcycling and this ticks all the boxes for me. Great job

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  7. Great pattern for a denim quilt! Warm and pretty all in one! I have been wanting to make a denim quilt!

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