These are quilts 7 and 8 from the Festival quilts.
Shopping online on Craftsy.com, I came across a beautiful bundle of 1 yard cuts, at an unbelievable price. Eleven 1-yard cuts for under $50. Yes, please. Eight were monochromes and then there were three that had multicolored hexies.
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| 1 yard cuts = Yumminess |
I do not see myself making paper pieced hexies. Therefore, as soon as I saw the fabrics, I had this "brilliant" idea. Why do anything?
Do nothing?
Ok, well a little something - like add a matching/contrasting border.
The result?
Hansel and Gretel were born.
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| Hansel |
Hansel is characterized by navy blue.
Navy blue border for Hansel brought out the boyish charm of the pattern.
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| Gretel |
Of course Gretel has pink and orange. An orange border seemed just right for Gretel - feminine enough without being too girly pink.
The best part of these twins is the quilting. I used the hexies to guide my curved quilting lines.
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| Gentle Curves |
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| Walking Foot Quilting |
For Hansel I chose a navy blue owls backing fabric.
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| Navy & Lime Owls |
For Gretel, it had to be this bright floral. This is the brightest fabric in my stash.
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| Super Bright Floral |
Magically, a lime green binding worked well for both sides of both quilts. That is pretty amazing!!!
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| Lime Green Binding |
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| Perfectly Matched!!! |
Kay fell in love with Gretel and bought it for her granddaughter. Hansel went to Sean, the grandson of a friend.
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| Labelled! |
How can something that is so easy and so simple look so pretty and adorable?
I am positive that the quilting gods were smiling upon me :-)
Will I make these quilts again? Absolutely. I so loved this idea that I went and bought 1.5 yards of each of these two fabrics from fabric.com. Who knows, I might need to make one tomorrow.
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| Cheating never felt better!!! |
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| Yes, I made a Hexie Quilt ;-) |
If this post has brightened your day or given you any ideas, please do let me know. Because, when I hear from you, it brightens my day!!!
