Harlow Quilt
After finishing my quilt for Kylie, one of my friends at work approached me about making a quilt for one of her friends who had just had a baby girl which I was only too happy to do.
Making a quilt for someone you have never met before puts the pressure on! You don't know their taste for colors or patterns and being paid makes it all the more important to get it right.
(disclaimer: when I say paid I only charged for the materials. I couldn't bring myself to charge for the time that I put in to it... does anyone else feel this way? how did you get around feeling like a fraud?)
Caitlin (from work) and I originally got together and found a pin on Pinterest and then went through my stash to find some fabrics which Caitlin picked out. These ended up being a few fat quarters I picked up about 18 months ago from Spotlight.
The pinspiration came from this quilt that we traced back to http://wegthree.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/finished-rubys-name-quilt.htm
The final results for the 'Harlow' quilt I made are...
I ran in to some road blocks with this quilt but managed to over come them all and end up with a great result.
The biggest challenge was jumping in to cutting and sewing without taking a few minutes to think about the entire project. The quilt ended up being bigger than I intended which meant I had a bit of a freak out about the backing fabric not being large enough. In the end I centered up the wadding & backing then folded the border over to create the binding.
In this case I was lucky and it worked out but an important lesson was learnt.
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