by Emmely | Jan 27, 2021 | DutchMQG, Finished project, Gifts, Quilting, Sewing
In December I participated in a winter swap organized by the dutchMQG. We each had to prepare 12 gifts for another member and some of the gifts had to be handmade. They were opened in the 12 days preceding Christmas and it was a lot of fun to see what everyone...
by Emmely | Dec 24, 2020 | Finished project, Quilting, Sewing
Oh pandemic of 2020… I started this quilt together with my daughter during the first lockdown in the Netherlands which lasted from March to May. I did show some of the process before, including how it started and how I assembled all the trees into a quilt top....
by Emmely | May 12, 2020 | Quilting, Sewing, Work in progress
A completed quilt top! Super happy with how it turned out! I think I managed to keep the distribution of the trees pretty random. How did I do this? I tried to place larger and smaller trees next to eachother so that their differences in height and width create...
by Emmely | Apr 24, 2020 | Quilting, Sewing, Work in progress
So, we have made more trees. The novelty of picking fabrics has worn off a bit so I’ve also added some of my own combinations. To a couple of pieces I’ve added a bit of white and silver fabric so they became large enough to turn them into rectangles. When...
by Emmely | Apr 17, 2020 | Quilting, Sewing, Work in progress
During the past two days my daughter and I have added more trees to our forrest and I think we’re getting close to the number that is needed. Some fabric combinations definitely work better than others, but overall I still really like where this is going. I even...