Oct 26, 2020
I took five very special quilts in my life and used them to inspire my cardmaking!
From copying the quilt block pattern, or the color, or something else in the quilt, these were the results.
The first quilt I ever made was in 1974 for my boyfriend Tim (now my husband of 44 years) was a Log Cabin Quilt. What a fun and easy quilt design to use in making cards. Cut your Designer Series in strips just like you did your fabric and create from the center square outwards.
The second quilt was a quilt I made with my then 8 year old son. I showed him how to create his own nine square designs using grid paper and markers, cutting square in half where desired. He chose the fabrics for his quilt and after I made it, I stitched his names for each block on the quilt as well.
I chose four of the squares and made a card for each of them - this will be a fun gift to give him in memory of childhood.
For the third, I took a quilt that was one of my favorite garage sale finds. The complete story of this quilt is shared in this podcast - and I loved how this card turned out. It used more masculine plaids and prints in earth tone colors.
Quilt Card #4 was a study in blues, from a gorgeous quilt I received during my breast cancer journey. I have never met these women. They get together to make a quilt just knowing that sometime during the creation of this quilt, someone will come to mind that need it --- and I was the lucky person chosen for this. I will treasure it forever. It is made from 1940's reproduction prints in blue and white - just stunning. I gathered blue and white Designer Series Papers to make this.
The fifth quilt I chose is a quilted wall hanging that I received from my friend and downline Lori Borntreger. She used tiny squares in shades of blue to make this stunning small quilt. All of those tiny square on paper made a lovely, very detailed card.
What quilts will inspire you?