New Skill: Charm Pack Quilting/Replication Quilting
This quilt was commissioned by a friend for someones wedding. It was also my “pandemic project”. We were picking the fabric at a time where I was unable to go to the store and online stores were selling out FAST! Every time I found fabric that would work, it was sold out from under me and I had to start over. I liked the idea of using charms to save time (since I wanted to finish before the wedding) and I am so happy that I was able to finally find someone on Etsy who sold some I could use.
The tricky part for me was ordering white fabric. Finding good, actually white fabric in stores is hard enough. Shopping online made it impossible for me to know what I was actually ordering. The photos on the websites are often in poor lighting and don’t provide an accurate representation of the product. Thankfully, I ended up with good fabric.
With everyone home during the day, I took extra care to only work in small sections. This allowed me to work only during the kiddos naptime as well as the ability to maintain a tidy workspace. Everyone is happy when you put away your project after every session, especially when your workstation is the dining room table.
I would definitely recommend using charms to make a project go faster. I also feel like I had less warping since I wasn’t over interacting with the fabric.
Disclaimer: I did not follow a pattern for this quilt, but I did base it off of a quilt that my friend found online and liked. It is essentially identical to the original one since my friend really liked it. You can find the original quilt here: http://quiltingdigest.com/crisp-blue-and-white-make-a-stunning-quilt/
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