The lovely Lena from The Vintage Guide to London and Style High Club has been ever so kind to let me be one of her Queens of Vintage
Thank you Lena for featuring me!
Take a pop over the to the Queens of Vintage site to see all the other lovely Queens and Kings of this wonderful community of vintage lovers
In other news, I can finally show of the little quilt I made for my friends Baby!
I made it double sided with 2 prints, as I wasn't sure of the colour scheme of the baby room. I used geo giraffe and chevron ikat both from Spoonflower (where else?) and I added some bias around the edges. I initially started quilting the layers together with 10cm rows of stitching, but I changed it to 5cm when it wasn't giving me that “quilted” look
Quilting when you think about it is pretty easy – There are more complicated and decorative techniques out there with patchwork and so on, but if you can do a running stitch you can make a basic quilt. This one is just a sandwich of fabric, batting and fabric so there are no overly complicated techniques involved. Give it a go if you like!
The future Mama and Papa! See how they glow!
And now back to our scheduled programming – the next project begins!
Take Care!
Cat
Congratulations! It was well deserved!
ReplyDeleteThe quilt is lovely, looks so cozy! Makes me want one too!
How are you getting on with the book? xxx
Thanks! You could definitely make one, they're not that tricky. though to make an adult sized one would take a long time.
DeleteIm up to his beat days on the beach at the moment. He's a very funny fellow. What are you up to?
Yay! A fellow queen and deservedly so! That dress is glorious and your baby quilt a triumph, is there no limit to your talents? x
ReplyDeletethanks Queen Vix!! haha there are things i cant do! crochet for example... i cant make head nor tails of it.
DeleteThat little baby is so lucky to have such a beautiful quilt!
ReplyDeletethanks! im secretly hoping it becomes his "blankie" and cannot bare to be without it! haha
DeleteCongrats on being a Queen! The baby quilt looks lovely, I'm sure your friend will love it x
ReplyDeletethanks! she's pretty chuffed to have it. another friend got her a huge green leather nappy bag which i totally want, but what would i do with a nappy bag? haha
DeleteI saw on the queens of vintage site some uploaded photos of a few dresses that have not been shared on your blog (in particular a gorgeous burnt orange shift number) ! When will they surface? Soon I hope, cause the orange one needs immediate attention!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I've picked up Quants latest autobiography - inspirational! Well for me anyways.
haha yes, I took some photos for the post, but because of the lack of daylight here now, ill Post more outfit photos in summer.
DeleteMay Quants biography is pretty good. She jumps around a lot but it all make senSs. You should check out the Biba books too
Hello, dear Cat! I've recognized you as a Queen of Vintage from the very start and I am proud to see you featured in that article. Isn't it wonderful how you became "anchored" to that Sixties' daisy print beach bag as small girl and were inspired to pursue your passion for sewing and wearing the fashions of that fabulous decade? It was great to see pictures of you modeling all the beautiful garments you made and to learn more about your life past and present. Good night to you, dear friend, Catherine!
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you Shady! I don't believe i've had any affiliation to any other decade my whole life. Some people just feel like they were born far to late!
DeleteI hope you and Mrs Shady are well after last week?
Hi! I just came across youre blog, and I must say I am impressed by youre choice of patterns and fabric! So fresh and bold! I love it:)
ReplyDeleteI`ll ad you to my Bloglovin-list. Have to se more of this! ;)
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Thank you so much! Im glad you like it. your blog is pretty neat too!
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