bohemian like you quilt reveal

 If this quilt were a song it would be

bohemian like you

by the Dandy Warhols.

I will pass on the over used term boho chic much in the way I do the term  shabby chic.

Generally speaking my quilts gather a life

which is not pre-determined.

The seed for this quilt was a simple glimpse of my own stacked quilts.

I fell in love with the blue, white and natural colourway.

I also blame my visit to Libertys 

for totally bringing me back to my arts and crafts 

state of mind.

  Although I am known for hand piecing quilts

I am not averse to a bit of machine action....

but don't worry I made up for it with a

marathon of hand quilting!

  I love how the gingham binding

creates a 3D looking double helix pattern,

discovered by accident when trying out binding fabrics.

This quilt has a real vintage/alpine/Liberty feel to it.

It is all about texture 

and is really not like a quilt as we know them.

The heavy quilting has given the fabrics stability....

which makes it feel like a turkish rug!

Vital stats:

Size~50" x 60" (the perfect size for lounging)

Strip~ widths approx 1.5" 

lengths various

Number of strips 40

Fabrics~ mix of stash fabrics inc my favourite Joel Dewberry herringbone 

also fabrics gifted to me from Deborah simply miss luella

and from my pal Lisa jumble and jelly

thank you girls.

Backing~ vintage terylene type fabric of an indeterminable age.

Binding~ another stash fabric of unknowness.

Quilting~ hand quilted with almost 3 balls of number 8 perle cotton.

Rows approx half an inch apart.

120 rows equals 6000 inches of hand quilting!!!!!

Time taken to hand quilt ~ approx 60 days.

Cause I like you,
Yeah I like you.
And I'm feeling so Bohemian like you,
Yeah I like you,
Yeah I like you,
And I feel wahoo, wahoo, wahoo! 

ps. I love you.