When I was working on Nancy's Mysterious Quilt, I had a temporary lapse in my math skills and made too many nine patch blocks and cut too many background squares. Having extra blocks bugs me. It feels like such a waste of fabric...and wasting fabric this good? Can't do that!
Then I realized that I had just enough blocks to make a nine patch baby quilt.... it looked a little too simple, so I added Nancy's shadow (instructions for how I made the shadow are in my Nancy Drew Kindle Sleeve Tutorial)
That was the quilt I wanted to make!
But I wasn't sure how to applique Nancy into place. On the Kindle sleeve, I used fusible web and stitched a line on the inner edge, but that isn't meant to be washed. This is a baby quilt and meant for heavy use. I wanted that silhouette to be secure. I wasn't about to try zig zag stitching around that outline. I didn't want black thread showing on the back of my quilt...or white on the front...and I don't try to balance tension with different top and bottom threads...
So I cheated. I meandered the whole quilt with white thread and used a permanent fabric marker to color the stitches on the shadow black. It looks just the way I wanted it to, and I don't have to worry about Nancy coming off in the wash.
This post is linked to to Finish it Up Friday, Can I get a Whoop Whoop?, Link a Finish Friday, Freedom Fridays, and the online quilt show at Hobbies on a Budget.
uhhh are you going to show this again in March?
ReplyDeleteNope! I've got a whole new project to show in March. After that, my Nancy Drew fabric will have run out and I'll be sad. :-)
ReplyDeleteNice trick with the permanent marking pen!! She is looking fabulous!
ReplyDeleteIt looks wonderful too! Nice job.
ReplyDeleteOh wow..
ReplyDeletenow I want to make an eye spy quilt and put Nancy in/on the quilt!!!
thanks for the fun
Looks great!
ReplyDeleteMichelle, this is too, too darling! You did a fabulous job with it -- and I can't believe you have another Nancy Drew project in the works already!! :)
ReplyDeleteI *love* the marker idea -- brilliant!! I will definitely be using that trick! YOur quilt is cute, I think Nancy makes a great addition. Way to go using up the blocks for another nice quilt.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is beautiful and has given me a few ideas I want to try out! I love your blog and am so glad I found it.
ReplyDeleteLove it! Very creative with the marker!! Nancy Drew is so timeless. We all loved her when we were kids and I hope this generation grows up loving her too. You did your part!!
ReplyDeleteBully, Bully on a great finish!
Great idea using the black maker. Just love the baby quilt
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Brilliant idea! Definitely worth a whoop whoop!!!
ReplyDeletewhat a great quilt, and brilliant idea with the permanent marker :)
ReplyDeleteSo cute and a great tip. ;)
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I've done the permanent marker thing on small spots, but you're a genius to do it the way you did. I love the silhouette and quilt!
ReplyDeleteNice quilt my sister loved those books as a kid. Thanks for linking up.
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Really cool use of the fabric to make an amazing quilt! Love it! Thanks for linking up to the online quilt show!
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