This is my latest Schnibbles quilt: Spoolin’ Around. Sherri, Sinta and I assume, Carrie, pick the Schnibbles pattern we are going to use, but then we all go to town putting it together in our own inimatable way.
I changed up the borders a little, because I wanted mine to all line up a little more, creating a different corner look. Read *here* about my fabrics, including using some sheets from the Porthault design vault.
Spoolin’ Around, au natural
I feel like I’m also creating a Tea Towel series, but really I’m not trying to. It’s just that this towel from Padua, Italy was blue and white and the top just called out for this to be used here. St. Anthony is a Big Deal in that town, as you can tell by his likeness, his basilica, his . . . We went to Padua to see the Scrovegni Chapel. Getting this tea towel was a side benefit.
I quilted this during the last week of class, while listening to Barbara Demick’s novel, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, and I quilted and quilted. Not perfectly, but that’s also the beauty of making these small quilts–nothing’s so terribly precious about them. They’re fun, not a chore. And I aim to keep it that way, just enjoying the process.
I struggled with the border choices: green soft plaid, or yellow spheres, or red/white dots? Not sure I’m entirely happy about this, but I did want something that wasn’t so serious.
I split the sleeve on the back, because I didn’t want to cover up the words.
And I kept their label: Puro Cotone, because I liked it. I used bits and pieces of the border that was cut off from the top of the towel around my label. I have to say it’s a bit wild looking, but again–I was having fun, and that’s not a bad thing when you are quilter. And that’s my June 1st deadline Schnibble, finished a bit early!
This is #114 on my 200 Quilts list.
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Again, there is SO much to love about this- the little splashes of red and green, the sweet floral and the fun spotted binding! Finish it off with that wonderful tea towel! A great little quilt!
Wonderful…wonderful!! Love this wee quilt! The back is way fun. The red dots are a great choice. I have just got to make a spool quilt. It is all together great.
This is great!! I love all the details… especially the thread! Thanks for sharing!!
This is so interesting. The towel for the back is a great idea. It’s perfect for the quilt. I like how you split the sleeve too . Clever you.
Cute quilt….and I love you backing idea!
What a great quilt. Love the tea towel backing, wonderful!!
The pops of color add so much movement and fun
I’m always a sucker for blue and white, but the pops of color in there are great. What a perfect way to use a tea towel. I’ve never collected them, but I could almost see starting, if I had a way to show them off!
Wonderful !! Love the way your quilting shows on the back of this quilt!!! Also like that pop of red in the spool on the front!
Very cute. I like the way you changed up the border better than the original design and I like the red binding too.
This is such a beautiful quilt! I love the splash of yellow, and the backing is once again wonderful. You are so good about labeling everything too!
Spooling Around is lovely! I love all of the blue.
Oh I love your changes and the brilliant way you used your colors! Bookmarking yours for my next go-round with Gentle Art. 😉
Really lovely! It’s nice that you used something different for the backing 🙂
Love your Gentle Art! And your backing too! Thanks for being in the parade!