Wednesday, April 30, 2014

rebel - Ta Da!

rebel

This is rebel, a quilt for my guy. She another Colour Study quilt, but made with extra special edgy, urban prints and espresso brown Essex Linen.

rebel - detail

I purchased many of these prints from Becca at Sew Me a Song and I was surprised at how much I loved them when they arrived. I immediately pulled the rest of the fabrics - there are cottons, linens and blended linen/cotton - and started planning. This is a case where the urban, edgy fabrics inspired me to make the quilt.

rebel

Rebel is bound with the red strip you see in the front panel and she is about 60" square.

rebel - back

I pieced the back with an eye to simplicity and more fabrics with the same modern feel.

rebel

That might be one of my best quilt photos ever, even if you cannot see the quilt pattern at all. The colours are totally true and you can see the texture of the fabrics so well. You can even see that I used gold metalic thread for the wavy lines which were hand guided, free motion quilted with my long arm machine.

rebel

All these photos are after washing and drying. The different fabrics give a nice crinkly look and feel.

rebel

It is hard to photograph these colours, here she is on the floor.

rebel

Lying on my bed. You can see how the golden thread (although it does not look gold in this photo) blends with the prints and softens the dark negative space. I really am having a hard time explaining why I love this simple quilt so much, maybe it is the balance of the fabrics, texture, colours and quilting.

rebel

It took me a while to settle on her name - rebel. This quilt is not "quilty", she is a rebel, yet in the end she is also soft, cuddly and perfect for a nap.

Oh, and rebel  is my finish for this month for A Year of Lovely Finishes, and I am off to link her there and over the weekend I will be checking out the other lovely finishes. The Colour Study pattern is done too, I just have some final edits to incorporate and it will be off to those of you who volunteered to pattern test later today or tomorrow I expect.
And rebel is also my first Q2 FAL finish (here is my Q2 list).

Finish Along 2014
Best,

Leanne

27 comments:

the running hare said...

It's lovely Leanne! I especially like your wavy quilting on the negative space, fab!

Anonymous said...

Love everything about the quilt. I love bold modern simple quilts that really make the quilting the star and that wavy pattern is stunning! Pinning and sharing for sure!!!

pennydog said...

Ooh is that metallic gold thread? I'd love to know more about the brand you used as I have such poor luck with that! Good luck with your pattern release :)

Cindy said...

Woo hoo! Another brilliant finish, Leanne!

Debbie said...

Very nice! I love the more rustic feel and palette. I've been wanting to work with brown, so this one calls to me! I also really like the organic wavy quilting - one of my favorites to do...

Lucy said...

Great finish! I love the wavy quilting!

Taisia @ Piecing Light said...

Ooh. What's that butterfly print, might you remember?

elle said...

It is nice and I'm liking those wavy lines and the way they interact!

Anonymous said...

Love the quilting on this. Perfect for this quilt.

Cheryl said...

Very beautiful, the quilting adds a wonderful dimension to the quilt

Archie The Wonder Dog said...

It's a fabulous quilt and I love the quilting (and thread!)!

Canadian Abroad said...

Love that wavy quilting on the Essex linen. Looks fabulous! For a change you have planted a song in my head though. I've got Billy Idol's Rebel Yell stuck in my head now.

Anonymous said...

I really love everything about this- the fabric selections are perfect for the pattern, and the gold, wavy quilting is just right. Metallic thread, wow! I can see why you are so happy with this!

Lucy | Charm About You said...

Fabulous prints and love the gold thread!

Mrs Flying Blind... said...

Great browns!

Cille said...

Warm and wonderful colors :)

Judith, Belfast said...

A great 'guy' quilt L! I'm sure he loves it! Jxo

Anne / Springleaf Studios said...

Great finish Leanne !! Love the quilting you used too.

Katy Cameron said...

Love the Tim Holtz prints in this especially, and the quilting is fab :o)

Vicki said...

This is beautiful! Here is proof that a quilt doesn't need to be a million pieces and fancy to be wonderful!

Rachel said...

My five year old loves this one. He says 'the edges look like wood'. Great job!

Carla said...

That style of quilting adds so much movement! It looks great

Anita said...

This is a fantastic quilt, the design and colors are perfect!

margaret said...

a lovely quilt and the quilting is so good too

Vera said...

Nice fabric combo and great quilting. I like those wavy lines and the added texture.

pandchintz said...

It looks fabulous, Leanne!

Michele said...

Sometimes simple is best. I really like it.