Sunday, October 14, 2018

Quilt #26 :: Green Illusion


In 2014, my first full year of quilting, I made 24 quilts. Apparently, I was quite obsessed, because I did not write posts about the vast majority of them! So now, four years later, I'm going back, looking at my notes and photos, and catching up.

At the same time I was making my Purple Mess quilt, I made a second quilt for the cute kindergarten class our church quilting group adopted. But for as many problems as I had with that quilt, I was pleasantly surprised with how well this one came together.  

The inspiration for the quilt was a free pattern that came in an ad for McCall's Quick Quilts. It's called The Modern Baby by Beverly Sullivant, and was originally featured in the February/March 2010 issue. I didn't start quilting until 2013 so it was a nice way to give the pattern new life. 

Credit: Beverly Sullivant, The Modern Baby quilt
The pattern doesn't seem to be available for free anymore, but I did find a post about it on Beverly's blog, which has been neglected since last year, as well as her active Instagram account. 

I'm not sure if I didn't follow directions or was feeling creative, but I laid out my blocks slightly differently, which resulted in a fun illusion pattern. I'm quite drawn to illusion  (like my more recent Labryinth Walk) in large part because I have vertigo from my brain injury quite often. I get a kick out of the fact that I can quilt illusions even if real life illusions make me dizzy


I was happy with how the back turned out, especially because it was the first time I pieced the backing. I didn't get a great picture of my quilting, but my lines are a lot straighter!


I was also happy with my binding, especially because I really didn't know what I was doing yet!


The best part of the project is seeing this sweet face again. At the time I made these two quilts for the kindergartners, my little boy was in kindergarten, too!


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15 comments:

  1. Adorable quilt, but I was confused about "I didn't know what I was doing yet" and "at the time my son was in kindergarten." Are you revisiting and sharing quilts that you made a long time ago? How long ago did you make this one? I think the machine stitched binding looks pretty good. Every time I attempt to machine stitch binding I get frustrated that the back isn't perfectly even and I go back to hand stitching it.

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    1. I just re-read my post and you're right, it is confusing. I will clarify that I'm writing about a quilt I made four years ago! I haven't attempted hand stitching a binding yet because my readers aren't strong enough me to see what I'm doing!!

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  2. So sweet! I love all the secondary patterns you can spot in this little quilt.

    Thanks for linking up to What I Made Monday!

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    1. The funny thing is that I didn't realize I didn't follow the pattern until four years later when I wrote this post! What a happy accident!

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  3. Wow! That's really pretty! I love the dark values that make the secondary design - well done Jen!

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  4. This dark GREEN quilt is PERFECT for the RSC Color of the Month!! I'm glad that you are taking the time to document these older quilts. I would have to suffice with a picture of a picture for approximately 125 of my quilts, as they were made well before the digital age. I may yet try, thanks to your posts!

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    1. Seriously, how did we function without the convenience of our smart phone? :-) I'm currently writing a post about a quilt made for a friend in 2014, and I'm realizing that I don't have any pictures of us from when I lived with her family in ancient 2006!

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  5. I"m having a good time reading about your older quilts. :) This one is cool

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    1. Thanks! It is both humbling and cool to see how my quilting has improved, but all of my quilts are made with love.

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  6. I do love how the blocks give it a great illusion effect! What a fun quilt!

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    1. Even then I was drawn to illusion quilts. I hope to make many more!

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  7. That is a cool layout of those blocks. And one very green quilt!

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  8. Lovely quilt! I should go back and write about my early quilts too! Thanks for linking up to Wednesday Wait Loss.

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