Farmhouse Parlour Quilt
May 8, 2012 So, are you curious to know what I did with these ...?
Well, here she is ... Farmhouse Parlour ...
... the quilt I made with Lecien's "Antique Flowers" fabric (which will be available in stores in a few months ... I PROMISE to let you know as soon as it's available and where if I can find an online source, kay?)
I am totally over-the-moon happy with how this quilt turned out. I was very disciplined and used exactly the same amount of each print because I wanted the quilt to be an accurate representation of the entire fabric collection.
Aren't you proud of me for not favoring the pink as I so desperately wanted to do? And in the end those little rosy sparkles are absolutely perfect. I think if I'd added more pink it would have thrown the color balance off and made this quilt too sacharin. By respecting the collection this quilt has a sophisticated personality with gentle & feminine characteristics.
It's even more beautiful than I was picturing in my mind.
I stitched 1/4" inside every.single.piece in every.single.block ... and THEN I appliqued the circles on! I wouldn't necessarily recommend that method, but I reeeeeally wanted this quilt to have that old-fashioned, hand-quilted look and I didn't want to stop and start every time I met up with the circle in the middle ...
This is a traditional quilt design. I saw a picture of it once and was inspired to make it for 2 reasons: I LOVE hexagons and I LOVE dresdan plates. The single, repeated block is basically a hexagon/dresdan love child.
I couldn't think of a better fabric collection to use for this design.
And I'm absolutely banana.nuts.crazy over the secondary pattern created when the blocks are all put together.
Isn't that just THE.coolest.thing.EVER?!
I'm particularly pleased with the side edges ... I knew I wanted to take advantage of the hexagon shape. This angled edge is just sooooo vintage-y to me. In my experience, the extra time and effort required to make a non-straight quilt edge is ALWAYS worth it. Always.
And yes, these pictures were taken in my livingroom. Doesn't it look perfect on my sofa?
Honestly, I didn't realize how "old-fashioned, parlor-esque" my livingroom looked. I don't know if I should be proud or embarrassed! LOL!
The sofa - or rather "chesterfield" as we Canadians who hail from the east call them - happens to be a family hand-me-down from the 1930s.
But never mind about that.
This post is about this quilt, and how the fabrics reminded me of my Grandma Irma's farmhouse parlour and how the vintage aesthetic of that room inspired me to find the perfect heirloom design.
Oh, I should also mention the background fabric is NOT part of "Antique Flowers". It is another Lecien fabric - a beautiful linen - from Meg Hawkey's new collection "Inkwell". (I've been a HUGE fan of Meg's embroidery designs for years!)
Hope you like it.
You know I do! LOL!
Reader Comments (57)
Oh my goodness, K. Don't just 'like' it. The feelings about this quilt are much deeper than that. It is a joyous, vintagy, lovely, lovely, quilt. Your Grandma Irma would love it, and so do I.
AMAZING! That is all I can say....just amazing!
OMG!! I love that quilt. Well... you did it again.
Take care,
Carole
GORGEOUS!!!!! It has that vintage yet modern look.
Wow K...this WAS worth waiting for. Gorgeous, absolutely Gorgeous!!! I really hope our local shops carry this fabric collection. Big Hugs...
Perfect quilt and perfect pictures. Will this result in a published pattern? I think I have to add it to my lifetime list of quilts to make now. Thanks so much for sharing!
You have an amazing eye for color. Add to that your skills and your work is always the most beautiful ever!!!
Kristyne!!! This is my favorite of all of the Pretty By Hand quilt designs that you've posted! It is exactly what the fabric line needed. A perfect match! I wish I could see this one in person. Actually I'd like to curl up on the couch and watch a movie with it! So lovely and vintagey and still modern. You just can't get any better than that! :)
Oh, this is an amazing quilt!! I love the pattern!! So fun, and it looks gorgeous in your living room!! Great job!! Have a wonderful day!! xo Heather
That is beautiful. This is one I can see on my bed! Definitely keeping this post handy! But I am also totally glad to know what a "chesterfield" is! Always seen it in books and such - and then on here! Never took the time to google it obviously. :-)
I'm in love with this quilt! I knew you would do something amazing but this is over the top! And you're right it looks perfect in your living room ... you should keep it;-) Hildy
It is such a beauty! You should be so proud!! Oh, and by the way, we westerners also call our sofa's couches or chesterfields =))
Wowee! well worth the wait!! please say you'll publish a pattern that we can purchase (notice the fine alliteration) to do this lovely, lovely quilt. I am verklempt!
'o' Wow!! What a beauty!! I SO LOVE this pattern! You did a wonderful job on this quilt, wow, really, wow!!
Beautiful!
Stunning, Kristyne! And it is perfect in your "parlor"
Oh, so much like. Wow. Love that pattern and the fabrics make it just snap, pop, shine.
Hexxie/dresdan mashup= love.
Great work, Kristyne. You rocked that quilt and your room is says you. :D
It is absolutely wonderful !! Bravo !!
Florence
It's beautiful!! Boy, I would MAKE sure that quilt came back to me after market! It's beautiful. ;p
Oh, I love it!
Wow! That is a wonderful quilt. You are so talented. :)
Exquisite!!
Like it? I LOVE it! It looks so perfect in your living room! What a fun block and the secondary pattern is so cool - I love the look of the fabric and the linen look of the solid - soooo pretty and antique looking. The edge is so cool, too! Was it hard to bind something like that? I have never done anything but straight sides... you have me intrigued! And I cannot believe all that quilting! You did it again! :o) I would be so proud of that quilt!!! ;o) It looks wonderful!!!!
So pretty! We have chesterfields too. The quilt was dominating so bit hard to admire it but Farmhouse Parlour definitely deserves centre stage. Very vintage.
Wow, I didn't see that coming at all and I totally LOVE it!! What an awesome quilt!! Look at you making country fabric look all chic. Woo Hoo