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Monday, March 14, 2011

Quilting By Hand ~ KJR

I am slightly,
just a little bit,
absolutely obsessed with Denyse Schmidt's Katie Jump Rope fabric at the moment.

I have been on the hunt (ebay and etsy and quilt shops and blogs) for relatively inexpensive fat quarters and I am doing a pretty good job with my little collection.  During my treasure hunt I have also become a little infatuated with Denyse Schmidt's Flea Market Fancy.  But apparently I missed the boat on that line because all that is left is selling for craziness like $45.00/fat quarter.  UGH. 
I did score a little FMF find on ebay, a good amount of 5" charm squares for $12. 
Not totally unreasonable, right?

Anywho, I did make another little KJR quilt and decided to quilt it by hand,
this is a first for me.

I probably did it all wrong and I used embroidery floss which is probably wrong too but I wanted lots of different colors for the quilting so I used what I had.

It is beautifully and perfectly imperfect!


I love the hand quilting from the front side.
The quilting on the back is a little strange and crooked
and all those things that make it perfectly imperfect.


Here is the back.


I think this little one is staying with me. 
Probably a wall hanging in my sewing room.


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11 comments:

  1. **nicke...March 14, 2011 at 11:29 AM

    it is so cute. good job hand quilting!

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  2. MeganMarch 14, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    Love this! If you are interested, you should link it up to {Sew} Modern Monday over on my blog. :) It would make a great addition!

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  3. LisaAnnMarch 14, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    I love your quilt! It is so cute and the stitching is a great touch!

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  4. JenniffierMarch 15, 2011 at 12:10 AM

    The back is so much fun with all the different colored hand stitching.

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  5. Sara @ Sew SweetnessMarch 15, 2011 at 9:39 AM

    Wow, very lovely! I missed the boat on the KJR too. My friend sent me a few small squares, but I don't have the heart to pay the asking price out there right now, lol! I think it's awesome that you quilted it by hand...I could never do that! Great job!

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  6. KristenMarch 15, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    Hand quilting always adds so much and this is beautiful!

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  7. KristenMarch 15, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    Hand quilting always adds so much and this is beautiful!

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  8. MelodyMarch 15, 2011 at 6:29 PM

    I love the look of the hand-quilting - I think the 'imperfections' make it perfect! :)

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  9. Gwen @ Gwenny PennyMarch 15, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    It's beautiful, Kristin. I think the stitching on the back is adorable. I'd keep it, too:)

    By the way, LOVE the new blog header.

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  10. JaimeMarch 18, 2011 at 12:30 AM

    Great job! And I love the blog header picture!! I'd love for you to link up on Wow Me Wednesday!

    http://polkadotsonparade.blogspot.com/2011/03/wow-me-wednesday.html

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  11. HeatherApril 30, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    so perfect! I love things we think are imperfect--proves a human touched it with love:)

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