Thursday, April 19, 2012

improv quilt a la Denyse Schmidt


My little boy's quilt is all finished! As I mentioned before it started with a pattern by Denyse Schmidt. I loved her quilt, but hated all the templates and instructions included. I decided to use a stack and slash method to make my blocks which worked out really well.


This is what the quilt top looked like, all pieced together. It looked pretty crazy and random to me, and the fact that I usually work with brighter fabrics made me question myself a lot. I kept asking my son if he was sure that he liked it, I kept asking the girls (to the point that they tried to avoid even looking at my design wall). What finally helped was my husband coming home from work, and without me asking, said he liked the colors and pattern of the quilt I was working on. Phew! Peace at last.


I upcycled my son's old minky blanket and used it as a quilt back.


I did not do any heavy quilting as I wanted the whole quilt to stay very soft and cuddly. I went with both hand and machine quilting -  I hand quilted inside each middle part of the block and machine quilted along the sides of the main blocks.


I used green striped fabric to bind the quilt which I think frames these improv blocks pretty nicely. The quilt finished at  44 " x 51" a perfect size for a little boy. I'm happy to say it's getting a lot of use every day.




In case you're interested in making a similar quilt, I'm working on a tutorial showing how I made my blocks and will post it in the next couple of days.

Have a wonderful rest of the day, Svetlana.

Linking up to Finish It Up Friday.

28 comments:

  1. I love it! and the colours are fabulous!

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  2. Love it!! Need to make one for my lil munchkin. Love the last pic of your son rolling around in it. Makes all that hard work entirely worth it huh??

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  3. Loooove it, and I look forward to seeing your method for this. The colours are fantastic together.

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  4. The colours and patterns are perfect - I love it!! You did a really really nice job :) Wish it was mine!

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  5. It turned out just beautifully. Wonderful.

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  6. Congratulations on the finish. I think you did a great job and your little one obviously loves it.

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  7. It looks fab, and yay for hubbies that know when to say exactly the right thing at the right time!

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  8. oh goodie I can't wait. I love this quilt and have a couple of baby quilts to make and this would be great.
    I love this quilt.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Julie

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  9. Love the look and the colors! That minky back looks seriously cozy :)

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  10. That is just lovely! Glad to hear I'm not the only one who feels that way about the DS templates :-)

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  11. This is so fresh and lovely - I really like the improv blocks.

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  12. Love this, Svetlana...great color scheme!

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  13. oh I love the palette! And fun that you combined hand & machine quilting...very nice!

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  14. Beautiful colors!!!! Perfect quilt for a little one and maybe a big one too ( I sure would like it for ME) :o)

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  15. Awe ~ so wonderful, I love your quilt!!

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  16. It looks wonderful, and a tutorial would be great!

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  17. Please, please make a tutorial. I love the quilt and the colors are my favorite!

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  18. Lovely! That looks like one happy little boy. I also usually do my quilts with lots of colors but I like this with the limited palette - great combo.

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  19. Your little boy looks very happy. A tutorial would be awesome!

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  20. Yes a tutorial, please. Love the modern fresh look to this! Great colors!

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  21. Wonderful quilt. I love the wonkiness of the blocks.

    Cheers!
    Rachel
    Scrapendipity Designs

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  22. I love how you upcycled his old minky to be a part of this new quilt. It looks like he approves:)

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  23. I think what makes this quilt is the fact that you ditched the templates. That's what improv is all about after all! You did it your way and it turned out beautifully! Lucky boy!

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  24. Love! Love! Love!
    Looking forward to your tut.
    hugs

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  25. What a beauty - I can see it's adored already. Success!!

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  26. What a great quilt and I love the last picture!! :o)

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