Monday, September 9, 2013

Fort Firefly Quilt



This is the small throw/large baby - size quilt that I made with the Fort Firefly fabric from Birch Fabrics.  We still haven't decided where this quilt is going to live in our house - though I think the current state of negotiations is that my middle daughter will be getting it for her room.  My oldest has the pillows and my youngest, well, she is two plus she probably has more handmade things in her room than the rest of us combined!



I made this one in basically the same way as the pillows - except I framed several fussy cut prints with mod basics in Sun from Birch and then used Rose Garden in Taupe from Fort Firefly to frame around those prints.  I think if I made this again, I would widen the floral frame like I did in the pillows (but I was using a FQ bundle here.)



I quilted this using the same floral motif that I use quite often but this time I kept each motif separate and placed them randomly throughout the entire quilt in different shapes and sizes.



But I tried to avoid quilting too much on the actual novelty prints.


For the binding, I just used the same fabric that I used for the background.  I've been wanting to try this and this seemed like a great quilt to do so on.  While I really enjoy selecting prints for binding to either contrast or coordinate with the quilt, I really like how this matching binding worked with all the negative space on this quilt - what do you think?


Oh, and I unfortunately did not include a fussy cut of the teepee that appears in two of the prints in the quilt but I wanted to share this photo because if you look closely at the blurred background, you can see the teepee (without its cover) that my daughters made this summer to use for their outdoor picnics and other adventures - just like the girl in the fabric - well, except without the forest animals.

18 comments:

  1. Absolutely gorgeous !!! I love the matching binding is perfect for this quilt.

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  2. Darling! I love using matching binding sometimes too. It really makes the center of the quilt stand out.

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  3. adorable, and I just love your quilting, so fun!

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  4. Fabulous Beth! I love the matching binding - I've done it on a couple of quilts and I agree, it works really well in quilts where there's a lot of negative space.

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  5. I love this so much. Darling little prints.

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  6. Your backyard teepee is such a fabulous idea! Filing that away for if we ever have a backyard. What a sweet quilt. No wonder tense negotiations are underway. I agree, I think it keeps the quilt really soft-looking to let the background and binding meld like that.

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  7. It's adorable and the quilted flowers are so sweet!

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  8. So cute. I love the framed prints, and the negative space shows it all off to perfection.

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  9. Great quilt. I like how the binding is the same colour. Have fun with the negotiations!

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  10. I love the binding and the effect it has on the overall quilt! Great idea. -Kate

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  11. Love, love, love. Especially the border fabric, it's perfect.

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  12. Love, love, love. Especially the border fabric, it's perfect.

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  13. So very cute! Looks like someone is getting a treasure.

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  14. I love the finish - your fussy cutting was perfect :-)

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  15. I think the light binding and light background are very refreshing together. And, you don't see it that often. Very nice.

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