I was recently asked to make a unisex quilt for a not-yet-born baby. I was excited by the challenge to go gender neutral yet stay within my vibrant style. I don’t think the person who commissioned the quilt was concerned with the style as much as they were with gender neutrality, but it was important...
I finished up Wallace’s new Liberty quilt, and now he and Layla have coordinating quilts. Same pattern, different color schemes to suit them. I’m not going to coordinate outfits or anything, but I’m ridiculously excited about these quilts. I do love kids and quilts. I’m happy that Wallace is far less particular about his than...
Do you go through crafty phases? I know I do. I dabble in so many aspects of sewing, but I’m rarely doing everything at once. Generally I’ll have some machine project going and a hand stitched project at the same time that keeps me busy in the evenings. Right now I have a few machine...
Hey there! So today I’m showing you something that is altogether new to me. And I’m kind of smitten! Remember this stack of fabric? Well I’ve been working my way through it, and I began with that gorgeous Nano Iro flannel from Jones and Vandermeer. I knew I didn’t want to cut it up, so...
I’m happy to announce our winner of 2.5 yards of one of these great feather prints, plus one of the embroidery patterns! Congratulations, Karrie! I have emailed you to see what your choices are! And to everyone else, you still have many chances to win! You can enter the mega giveaway by clicking on this...
Welcome to Olivia Jane Handcrafted! I'm Meredith and this is my creative journal. Here you'll find loads of inspiration for a handmade wardrobe, home decor, bags, and quilts. I even have plenty of projects and tutorials to get you started or help you along the way.
It’s beautiful! Stitcher’s Garden in Franklin, TN has quite a few AMH voiles from Little Folks, etc., but not sure if they will sell online – you might have to go in person. It’s not a store for the claustrophobic, or thin-skinned.
Whatever you do, NEVER EVER ask them if they ever have sales (they DO NOT, EVER). I’ve heard they will run you out of the store if you ask.
Hi Meredith, I actually found two listings on etsy for you– I will try to post the links here for you:
https://www.etsy.com/no-en/listing/153630713/anna-maria-horner-vah11-innocent-crush?ref=sr_gallery_3&ga_search_query=innocent+crush+voile&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery
and
https://www.etsy.com/no-en/listing/218653062/maybe-in-rich-voile-innocent-crush-anna?ref=sr_gallery_4&ga_search_query=innocent+crush+voile&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery
Hopefully theres enough foryou there to get a few bindings done!
Bel (@ bellacoconut on IG )
This is SOOO lovely!! I am certain the parents (and the babe, eventually) will cherish it!
(I found your blog googling ‘hand quilting voile w perle cotton’ ~ I just finished a quilt top (with quite a few AMH fabrics :-) that will be backed w some AMH voile. I assume it’d be an absolute dream to quilt, but then I got worried that the tighter weave may not be so nice to hand-quilt after all – but it sounds like it will work fabulously…
Funny thing is – I recently finished a quilt that took me about 150 hours to make, so I wanted a quick project. This one fit the bill, and the blocks went together quickly, and were so much fun to make. I wanted to use wool batting, but that seemed almost wasteful, since i was going to machine quilt it (save the good stuff for hand-quilting, ya know? ;-) I talked about it with my husband, and he’s like, “So, basically, you’re going to take all that work (it really wasn’t all that much…) and go with something that you think isn’t as nice for this quilt, because of $15 -$20??” Gosh, put like that, the wool batting was a no-brainer :-) THEN – I started thinking, maybe I should hand-quilt it….)
I’m looking forward to poking around your blog a bit more as I get the chance ~ what I’ve seen so far is lovely!
I’m so glad you stumbled across my blog! I LOVE quilting voile by hand. Really, hand quilting is my go to method because I’m way better at that than machine quilting. And I think those lusciously soft fabrics like voile and lawn just beg for a little hand quilting. I’m a sucker for a quick, well done project, but honestly its the one’s that take the longest and the most love that I treasure the most. We only get so much time here, so I like to spend it doing what I love rather than what I like. Thanks for stopping by and don’t be a stranger! :D