Saturday, May 24, 2008

Japanese Quilt for kids


It's a holiday weekend here in the US, so we have Monday off as well.

I'm taking advantage of it by finishing up this Japanese kid's quilt that I started for my son a couple of weeks ago.

All the fabrics are Japanese imports, mostly bought at Purl.

I cut very wide pieces of all the fabrics I love, and made a reversable quilt with an animal theme on the front side and a car theme on the back.

By quilting lines across it, I made sure it would come together fast, and hold up to washings.

It will be packed off to school and enjoyed for many many naps. I think life is a little extra good when you still get to have a regular nap every day.

Recently, I started to read and really enjoy Ravenhill blog. Emily writes this blog from Norway, and has some seriously inspirational crafty work going on here. There is a recent post there that talks about Liberty fabric, as well as a couple pictures of Japanese taupe fabric.

Her list of blogs she's reading is also very impressive, you may want to check out some of the links.

6 comments:

  1. I would love to see more of your quilt. The link you shared is wonderful... her blog is engaging and what a illustrious looking list of links she has. No doubt there are many great blogs in there as well.

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  2. Your son's quilt looks really nice. I'm sure he'll get a lot of use out of it!

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  3. Your quilt sounds beautiful :o) Can't wait to see it. I really like Emily's blog as well!! Take care & have a good Monday off! xox

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  4. The quilt is Lovely!
    I love Japans fabrics
    Kind regards,

    Sonnja & Beertje Zonn
    from the Netherlands

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  5. Your quilt is so beautiful! It really made my day to read the kind words you had to say about my blog. I am so enjoying yours - have now seen all of your archives and visited all the blogs on your recommended list! What delight!
    ~Emily

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