July 7, 2008

4-square

While the boys were busy with fireworks last week, I was busy sewing up a storm of blankets for a friend. The plan was to make an assortment of 9-square blankets and maybe a few smaller/different ones on the side. Here are blankets #1,#2 and #3.







The mushrooms and anchor were my first drawing attempts, to embroider. Simple, but that's ok by me.

By blanket #3, I was feeling a little *yawn* toward 9-square quilts. For blanket #4, I originally thought I'd make a 9-square electric guitar/rock blanket. It was gonna be fun and I really did want to make it. But, I would have to draw an electric guitar from scratch and sort through my 7000 commercial fonts for the appropriate old english tattoo font for the "Rock" part. And I just had a day or 2 left to finish. Not to mention, I still wanted to squeak out of few smaller blankets, for fun.

And the more I thought about the smaller blankets, the more excited I became. Driving home from Lorie's house, I was inspired by her 4-square quilts. And then I had a little debate with myself, which is always fun.

"Stick with your original plan and force yourself to do your bigger "Rock" blanket first".

"Um, no, I don't want to. I 'd rather make smaller 4-square quilts".

"But you always stick to your guns".

In the end, I realized that sewing was supposed to be fun, and if I felt excited about something, I should take advantage and just run with it. And it really did not matter what I made, since nothing was ever set in stone. So, I went with my gut and made some simpler 4-square blankets. It was so much fun and I think....I actually like them even better than 9-square quilts! Especially as gifts--they would be great accessories to some fun shirts.









Normally by the end of a big project, I'm feeling a tad burnt out and the sight of my sewing corner makes me want to run for the hills.

Not this time! I can't wait to jump back in for more 4-square(or rectangle) fun!

****sorry for the overload of blankets. I need to make a different site for these eventually.

17 comments:

  1. wow!! i have found your blog from a friend. i love your blankets!! how much do you charge for the 9square and the 4square???

    dglitchfield@myway.com

    thanks Denise

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  2. They came out GREAT!!!!! I love, love, LOVE them!

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  3. They came out so cute!! Love the popeye/ anchor one.

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  4. Hello again :) These are really great! I love the idea of the lil 4 square! Where do you get all of those great pockets?

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  5. Amazing, as always!! =)

    Check out my blog for a little shout out to you...

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  7. These are sooooooo cute!! When are you opening up an Etsy shop? Because you know you would do SO WELL!!

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  8. i'd love to be able to do something like this.. but i tend to knit and embroider more than sew..my mom can sew well though. oh well. ;)

    great job!
    great choice of fabrics!

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  9. You are amazing. I couldn't even sew a patch on without wanting to throw the machine across the room. How do you find the time??? The blankets are really cute.

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  10. You crack me up... The horse was very gentle - Gabe and I love ridding horses so i am not to worried.

    Wonderful blankets!!!!

    So wanting to be you when i grow up!=D

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  11. okay seriously, you need to be selling these.

    I'll take 20, please.

    seriously, though.

    no, seriously.

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  12. Ohh! Smurfs! So cute! I love the Popeye one too. Very well done as always!

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  13. eeek! I'm so excited you went with your gut and did some 4-square-they've become my new favorite too!

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  14. lovely, lovely, and oh so very cute!! They are all fantabulous. Seriously, girl-- you do an amazing job. I'm so glad I came here and saw these... I have a brand new nephew I've been meaning to make a blankie for, and now I am quite inspired. :)

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  15. This comment is for Denise. I emailed you twice on July 8th and I just now got the first email sent back to me saying they were unable to deliver my message. Sorry about that! If you email me at daviandjessica@yahoo.com, then I can reply back to you.
    Davi

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  16. Oh my gosh, they're ALL so cute! I love your reuse of materials!

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