I just had to share some sew and tell today from my friend Alexis who blogs over at Persia Lou. (Pictures re-posted with permission.) She made these 2 lovely modern herringbone quilts for her kids’ room. Aren’t they fabulous?
She’s going with a vintage Disney theme for their room and the quilts will be a focal point.
I’m so proud of Alexis because she took the plunge and quilted them herself on her not-too fancy Singer sewing machine. If she can do it, so can you!
Here’s a great closeup diagram that Alexis made, detailing her stitching plan:
Alexis got some solid fabric from me and used my Charming Chevrons quilt along as a guide. She enlarged the design by cutting 8″ squares instead of 5″. By simplifying the color palette and tweaking the blocks a little, she really made them her own.
Isn’t it amazing how a quilt design can evolve just by changing the colors and rotation of the blocks? Nice job, Alexis!!
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Beautiful quilts, she did a wonderful job on them! Thanks for sharing.
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Beautiful quilts – love them in the solids!
They are gorgeous and I love the colours! Thanks for linking up 🙂
The two quilts looks perfect together! Perfect choices of backing fabrics too! Well done to her 🙂
They’re lovely quilts. Just solids but they’re really eye-catching. I wouldn’t pass on having one of those in my room. Love the quilting too!
Thanks, Christa! I’m so happy with the way they turned out! 🙂
These are fabulous! Thanks for the quilting design, sometimes I think this is the hardest part…deciding how to quilt it:)
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Nice and simple and bold. The backs are great! Good job on the quilting too. Looks like a natural to me!!
These are just great? Do ya think I could line up points and do something like this? I’m sure going to try! I need to challenge myself. Love these!
Love the machine stitching and colors! How fun!
wow!! what a beautiful quilt. It really makes a bold statement!
This is really pretty and I like seeing the detail of the quilting which looks wonderful!
Beautiful!
the quilts are lovely and I love the backs, Just something about backs that make the quilt, I know that sounds corney but I am into backs, adds a zing to the quilt.
I agree – fun backs add an interesting touch!
Just fabulous. Congrats to her on a job well dome.
Very nice!
Alexis’ quilts are lovely. But, then, she had a great instructor! (Her Singer sewing machine looks just like the one I use. It’s 20+ years and still going strong.)
Wonderful quilt! Love the colours used!!!
Love her colors and design! Pinned it!!