One exciting development since my last post is that I have sold my first custom quilt. One of my childhood friends had seen some of my work on facebook and contacted me recently. Her daughter has just been accepted to Western Kentucky University for next Fall and she wanted to surprise her with a quilt for Christmas. The school colors are red, black & white and she wanted to incorporate the school logo somehow.
Since WKU is a smaller school, I knew I'd never find fabric with their logo, so I designed a print in two colorways and had it printed by Spoonflower (more on that later). My friend chose the Mix Tape Quilt pattern by Elizabeth Hartman... the perfect choice, I think.
By this past Saturday all of the fabrics had arrived. I'm thrilled with all of them... especially the Red Dottie by Moda. It just makes me smile. I'm happy to report that it's all been cut up and sewn back together. Love quick and easy patterns like this! Once I get the sashing finished up, it's off to the quilter. Yes, I am sending this one out. I've got several projects to finish up and I met a longarmer a few weeks ago and really want to give her a try. The price was right, too!
Hopefully I'll have a pieced top to show you in the next day or so. Hope you all have been enjoying a wonderful Fall. Like all the other seasons this year, Fall arrived in Nashville rather abruptly. No gradual shift from Summer to Fall and with the incredibly hot Summer we had, I was happy for the change. Now if we could just do something about all this rain.
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ReplyDeleteI love the fabrics and can't wait to see the finished product. I'm very impressed that you designed your own fabric on Spoonflower. Awesome! Are you worried about any copyright issues with the school logo?
ReplyDeleteHey Eunice! ;-) Thanks for your sweet comments. I have to have this ready for the quilter by next Wednesday, so I should have something to show very soon.
ReplyDeleteI'm not too concerned about the copyright issue since this is a small project and I'm not planning to use the fabric to make anything else. I'm also not going to sell the fabric, so hopefully it won't get anyone too worked up.
Your fabric turned out great. Love the whole selection. Can't wait to see the top. It will also be exciting to get it quilted - long arm. Seeing that yellow cutting matt reminded me to check on them. I just have to have one of those. It's so much easer to see than the green one I have.
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