20.8.13

curious objects

I am still thinking about the layout and fabrics for the flower pot blocks. In the meantime I managed to finish this little 'I spy ' quilt I have been fussing over for a while.


For small children, their world is a fascinating one full of curiosities at every step. Either it is looking for shapes in the clouds or wanting to touch a crawling bug on the leaf, their wide eyed inspection of random things is really amusing to watch.


Keeping this in mind, I placed some curious objects in the quilt like a cat sitting on a fence, a ball rolling downhill, snowflake falling from the sky, an apple looking very tempting on the table.. I even included some grownup things like a key, an alaram clock, glowing candles.. that are usually out of children's reach but would very well turn into toys in their inquisitive hands!


To make the atmosphere more lively, I added these swirling pinwheels in the background. I love the colors in this flower print, just a hint of purple with lime green and faded blue.


This fabric with interesting pictures is by Ecrulat and the flower fabric is called Poppies but I am not sure of the maker. Both are silky and light weight cotton lawn Japanese fabrics. And the solid sage green is organic cotton that I also used for the flower pot blocks. All of these fabrics are so incredibly soft that it was like a dream to work with them.


For the binding I combined Ecrulat fabric with a Robert Kauffman lawn in solid white. We can see a peek of the prints unexpectedly on the binding with the movement of the quilt. On the back is Lecien 'basic dots'. I wanted all of these precious fabrics to shine on their own, so I opted to quilt it with stitch in the ditch diagonally. This quilt measures around 36" x 36".

I hope this cuddly quilt will find its way to a new home and some small sticky fingers will have fun playing with these objects.

Enjoy your day! ( ' u ' )

4 comments:

Ann Champion said...

What a sweet quilt! I love the quietness of it. : )

Anonymous said...

this is a beautiful little piece - so quiet and soothing, but with plenty of curiosity for a child fighting the nap!

Candace said...

I can just imagine mom or dad teaching their ilttle one from your lovely quilt, Pratima! It holds so much interest!
Cheers!

Abby and Stephanie said...

Your stories and imagination certainly would sell a quilt as well as your design and fabric choices. Children learn by touch as well so I know the silky softness of the cotton lawn would bring about some curiosities.