A good friend of mine is having a babyboy in january. Ofcourse I wanted to make her a quilted gift. This is what I came up with. My friend asked me not to make it too colourful. So I used some Jelly roll strips from Joel Dewberry modern Meadow line and created one big log cabin block. I really like this historic idea that this block symbolizes the Log cabin (the home) and that traditionally the center is red and means the fire which shall always burn in the chimney, to warm the family. I added the most importand thing for a family and a home: LOVE

Diesen Quilt zu machen hat mir großen Spaß gemacht, angefangen vom Paperpiecing des LIEBE blocks über das straight line quilting bis hin zu ein wenig Handquilten in der Mitte. Ich habe mir ein paar Youtube Videos angeschaut und zum erstenmal versucht so richtig mit der Hand zu quilten. Leider hatte ich keinen Fingerhut, so daß meine Finger nach dem kleinen Stück schon ziemlich schmerzten.

I really enjoyed making this quilt from the paperpiecing of the love block, over the straight line quilting to the handquilting, which I tried for the first time (I watched some youtube videos to learn how it is done correctly...). Unfortunately I didn´t have a thimble so my fingers hurt quite soon.

Überhaupt finde ich youtube eine wunderbare Quelle für Anleitungen und Hilfestellungen. Ich liebe es, mir auf diese Art und Weise neue Dinge beizubringen und inspiriert zu werden.
Anyway, I think youtube is a very good source for tutorials an help. I love it to learn some new tings and be inspired this way...

How do you learn (quilting)things that you don´t know?
Wie lernt Ihr (Quilt) Dinge, die Ihr nicht wißt?
Miriam