okay, so clearly 2020 quarantine has gotten to me, since this is the SECOND curves quilt i've done ever, and it was just a few months after i finished the winnie the pooh parallel path quilt. i see you curves, i don't fear you anymore. well, at least in small doses.
angela pingel, the designer of this quilt (you may remember the hidden agenda quilt i made my mom. same awesome designer), posted early on in june that she was selling her "take heart" pattern for $10, with all proceeds going towards black artists+designers guild. i fell in love with the pattern, so while feeling like a small fish in a huge pond during the black lives matter movement, i purchased the pattern in hopes that my contribution would help in some way. after purchasing the pattern, it sat for awhile waiting to be created. that is, until i saw this great neverland line of fabric at caliquiltco.
my dear friend and fellow benny and the jets member andrea was expecting her first little one. when she first announced she was pregnant, i was going to take a hard left in to a muppets themed quilt for her, but as her pregnancy progressed and the decor for the nursery started being shared by her and her husband... well, i knew i had to save that muppet idea for another day. they are going to be having a sweet baby girl next month, and the colors in this line of michael miller fabric was just perfect.
i selected 4 prints in each color (i tried to vary the pink from the green, but the boats were just too cute) and then selected 4 various blenders to go with it - 2 dear stella, bedrock and ombre confetti dots. The hardest part was spreading out the prints and colors to be away from each other... but as you can tell, that got a little harder as things went on.
yet again, these curves were SO much easier than i expected!
i anticipated them to be difficult, but i only used the paper template provided with the pattern and had no issues at all piecing them together. plus, i had my super awesome design wall hung up, which really helped keep these blocks organized and ready to go when it became time to sew them all together.
i'm a little obsessed... there are lots of photos of this quilt...
i chose the blue print to use as the front, since i feel like it didn't get to showcase all of the cuteness in the small squares. it features mermaids, wendy, tiger lily and fairies surrounded by other neverland inspired items. this particular print in the line is called "girls are much to clever" which i felt like was the perfect for this clever girl that was coming in to their family. (fact: andrea's husband is a MAJOR jurassic park fan... i totally meant to make them a "clever girl" onesie as well). since i don't like to piece things together and look at them not lining up, i used some of the blue dear stella fabric to create a space between them in my usual offset pieced back style.
and get this... this quilt was the first one with my...
new quilt tags!
i'd been wanting new ones for awhile, and my supply of what i've been using had finally dwindled down to there it was reasonable to buy new ones. so i did just that!
i hired a family friend (shout out to
holly ellis) as a graphic designer (who is also a cat lover) to come up with something new, and she knocked it out of the park. so much so, that there were two versions that she did...i loved them both... so you'll have to wait and see what the other one looks like. i promise, it should pop up soon in one of my projects that still need quilted (or actually... all 3 of them!)
i'm so happy that despite quarantine and everything, i did get to see andrea and drop this quilt off to her curbside for her drive by baby shower. i hadn't seen her since march, which was oh so long ago. i long for the day we have our next french toast friday... but i am so excited there will be a new little one to join us at the party!
quilt count: 140
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