Outfoxed Forest

Outfoxed Forest was started while on retreat with KMQG in October 2014.  Just started with some fun paper pieced wonky triangles from Nancy Purvis.  Pattern here.

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Started: October 2014
Finished: April 2015
Fabrics: Lizzy House, Outfoxed, Pearl Bracelets Coordinating prints from Tula Pink, Denyse Schmidt, Carolyn Friedlander, Sarah Watson, solid scraps
Batting: Pellon, Nature's Touch, 100% cotton with scrim, white
Binding: Sunburst stripe, wheat, Dear Stella
Quilted: by me, dense alternating zigzag
Thread: Aurifil 50, 4653, Spring Prairie, variegated

This quilt was a fun exploration of improv.  I wanted to highlight the foxes and hedgehogs from Lizzy House's fabric line, Outfoxed.  I had a lot of fun making this quilt and moving it around on my design wall before piecing the low volume background around it.  This quilt hung in the 2015 Smoky Mountain Quilter's Quilt Show and won Honorable Mention in the Modern Category.  The part I love most about this quilt is how vintage it feels and soft.  It is for sale in my etsy shop.

Quilts made with clothes

I attempted, and completed two memory quilts for a dear friend of mine whose mother past away last year. I made one for him and one for his sister. I didn't really expect what I had gotten myself into, just excited for my first two commissioned pieces. (And to be able to make family heirlooms for them.)

Design has to be simple, additional fabrics necessary to hold everything together including the bathing suits he included in his clothes bag. It was a lot of work to try and stabilize everything but still had some bunching and issues... It turned out relatively well. And they loved the finished pieces. Said they never thought they'd have something like this to pass down to their kids. It was a very exciting moment giving the quilts to them. I'd do it again... Even though I said I wouldn't. Ha!