A few months ago, I volunteered to pattern test for my dear friend Lorna of
Sew Fresh Quilts. We had a choice between 'I love 2 sew' and 'I love 2 quilt'. I chose the 'sew' mini. I knew that someday I would make the 'quilt' mini also. The problem, the wall space I have to hang them on is very narrow and the 'quilt' mini is designed horizontal! I contacted Lorna and she graciously said to 'go for it' and redesign it to verticle....so I did. I set about redesigning everything about this mini.
I started out on graph paper and it seems like it took forever to figure it all out. I have a new appreciation for pattern designers.
I took all of my pieces to the last retreat I went to and started sewing this little beauty there. I had cut out several wrong pieces and failed to take my scraps with me. So, I had to set this project aside and work on other projects that I had taken.
I had to shrink down some of the elements, and change around all of the settings. The 'quilt' mini has a pink sewing machine. And I added a 'needle' to each of the machines.
Because they live side by side, I quilted and bound them the same.
I think that they look great! Thank you sweet Lorna, for the permission to mess with your lovely design.
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14 comments:
Looks like it would have been tricky but you have succeeded well. I really like your quilting too.
I love that you made the design your own! I especially like the 'sew' one! What a fun pattern!
I love what you have done to both. I would consider making these now as l have limited wall space. Great work you deserve a pat on the back.
Both of them look amazing. I like the vertical arrangement, it's quite unexpected!
They are lovely! What great decorations for your crafting room. I expect that Lorna will want to do vertical designs for these herself now! xx
I love the way your have rearranged the elements to fit your wall space. These are just so cute! Great job!
Love it!! I need this for my sewing room!
Your new sewing room minis look fabulous hanging next to one another, Vicki! You did a fantastic job of altering the pattern to suit. Love that matchstick quilting, too!
I'm loving your vertical interpretation of this lovely pattern, Miss Vicky. Love your quilting. Kudos to you for being so imaginative!
Great job. They are awesome.
These look great and I love the straight line quilting.
These are great! My favorite part? The needles! Such a fun little detail.
Lorna makes great patterns and you did a great job "messing" with it Vicki! Love how they turned out and I love the way the quilting you did makes them look very contemporary and artistic!
Lovely! I have to make a sewing machine block for November in Canadians Quilt swap. I think I'll go with something stylized and simple like the one here.
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