Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Can’t bear to wait any longer?

If you’ve been itching to see what those teddy bears have been up to, here they are at last.IMG_3014  My friend Gay was using up some of her stash fabrics and offered me the central piece of this quilt top with its vibrant green and navy squares sashed in gold, if I could use it for a Stitchin’ Mission quilt.  IMG_3015Not one to knock back such a generous donation,  I simply added some happy teddy bear faces, with colourful bow-ties, to give the basic design a little more child-appeal. IMG_3016 The width was just right, and stitching a strip of emerald green to top and bottom brought it roughly up to the standard dimensions of our other Stitchin’ Mission quilts. IMG_3020 Finally I quilted it in large stars, and backed it with a bright yellow and white spot.IMG_3021 I hope Gay likes what I’ve done to her basic quilt - and I hope a little person at the KU Marcia Burgess Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre comes to treasure it.

6 comments:

  1. How adorable! You really enhanced a simple design with the addition of those teddies. A great job for a great cause. You go girl!

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  2. Oh my goodness, how good is that. I can just picture a little person getting great delight in seeing these teddies sticking their little heads out at random. A new demention on "Where's Wally"?? Well done. Excellent and really makes a simple quilt come to life. XXX The other Di

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  3. Great thinking! I love the colours and the tiny teddies just perfect it. Backing goes well to add to the cheer, too.

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  4. I love it.. such a great idea of enhancing the quilt with teddies!

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  5. Love the teddy quilt and so pleased you are blogging again.

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