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Finished quilt: You, Me and the Sun

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Quilt details Name of quilt and Recipient: "You, Me and the Sun",  for Janika Sund Size and Timeline 154 x 153 cm (length x height). timeline quilt top started on June 28th and was done on June 29th. quilt was basted on June 30th. machine-quilted with free motion quilting June 30th and July 1st. bound by machine on July 1st label appliqued on the quilt top already June 28th and embroidered details were added at the same time. Pattern and Fabrics used: No pattern, just an idea of a giant sun or compass that I thought up. About the fabrics used for the quilt top Background is a blue solid that was the biggest piece of blue solid I could find in my stash. I think it was fabric meant to be used to make bed linens. Every single piece of fabric to make the quilt top came from my stash, and I had my little 3 y o son help me choose the fabrics. "Blue!" was the main color he wanted, so (no too childish) blue, gray and green fabric...

Finished quilt: Julia’s color block quilt

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Quilt details Name, Recipient, Size, Start/Finished date, Pattern and Fabrics used: Julia's color blocks quilt (tenth color block quilt out of twelve) For Julia Wiklund (Charlotta's and Jimmy's second child) 104 x 104 cm (length x height) I actually managed REALLY well to square it up, so this quilt is actually this in length and height, and not a middle value of a lot of measurements. timeline color blocks started in May of 2017 quilt tops done by the end of November 2017 this quilt was basted 3.5.2019 (at a weekend course at Arbis) quilted and machine bound 9.6.2019. no label added, no name embroidered on it. I sadly didn’t have any time for it :( gifted on the child's christening day, on 16.6.2019. Pattern was my own color block quilt pattern.  About the fabrics used for the quilt top The same as for the rest of the color block quilts, which means that each color block has 36 different fabrics in 5 x 5 cm pieces. 36 x 9 colors (+ 36 black...

Finished quilt: Klaus's color block quilt

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Quilt details Name, Recipient, Size, Start/Finished date, Pattern and Fabrics used: Klaus's color blocks quilt (ninth color block quilt out of twelve) For Klaus Heino (Leeni's and Karo's son) 106 x 106 cm (length x height). timeline color blocks started in May of 2017 quilt tops done by the end of November 2017 this quilt was basted 28.2.2019, quilted and machine bound the same day. no label added, but all of the child's birth info was embroidered on the back. embroidered and shipped 17.4.2019. Pattern was my own color block quilt pattern.  About the fabrics used for the quilt top The same as for the rest of the color block quilts, which means that each color block has 36 different fabrics in 5 x 5 cm pieces. 36 x 9 colors (+ 36 black and white that made blocks I ended up not using) means  a total of 324 (+36) different fabric pieces . White Perla 100% cotton fabric for the sashings, borders and binding. You can read more about quilt top constru...