Liberty Fancy Foxes quilt
It occurred to me this morning as I was making the bed that I hadn't shared photos of my finished Liberty of London Fancy Foxes quilt. I am so delighted with it and that it is finally finished.
I started planning this quilt when I saw Michelle (@coleandtaffy) and Poppy (@cuckooblue) post blocks of Liberty foxes on Instagram a couple of years ago. They had decided to sew along together to encourage each other to finish the quilt, and I was totally hooked on the idea to join in. So, in December 2016, I asked for a Liberty scrap pack for Christmas and I started making foxes.
As you know from my Instagram feed, I have made a lot of Fancy Foxes quilts, so I decided that I wanted to really enjoy each little fox face for this quilt which meant I made them one at a time rather than chain piecing them in one go.
I made the 42 foxes fairly quickly, using fabrics from the scrap bag and some others that Michelle and Poppy very generously gave me. I also bought one or two pieces of some of my favourite prints in new colourways including the purple/blue Wiltshire which is just gorgeous.
I have used Essex yarn dyed linen for all my previous foxy quilts, but this time I wanted to combine the soft Liberty Tana Lawn with fabric of a similar weight and feel. After much deliberation about shades of grey, I chose Art Gallery Fabrics Pure Elements (now Pure Solids) in Moonstone.
I bought meters of the AGF Buck fabric on sale a while ago, which makes a lovely and soft backing fabric (although pattern matching those deer took a little bit of effort to give the back a professional finish).
My finished quilt sandwich unfortunately then languished on my quilt ladder for months/nearly a year as I got distracted with other projects and plucked up the courage to quilt it. At the outset of this project, I had decided I wanted to FMQ this one with a woodgrain effect that I have seen used on so many of Elizabeth Hartman's quilts. I can talk the talk about 'your FMQ will only improve if you practice...when it's finished you won't see the flaws...you're your own worst critic..... etc' but in the end, I couldn't bring myself to practice on this special Liberty quilt. Next time... !
So, I went with my usual quilting method of following the line of the faces, using a grey Aurifil 50wt thread (colour 2605).
I dithered over binding choice for a little while too - trying out a variety of the Liberty fabrics that I had used in the quilt. In the end I chose to use the Moonstone background fabric to keep it simple and not to detract from the foxes.
I am so pleased with it - it is perfect on the bed at the this time of year, light but warm and looks completely beautiful. It's also the perfect size for an afternoon nap - chance would be a fine thing though...!
I started planning this quilt when I saw Michelle (@coleandtaffy) and Poppy (@cuckooblue) post blocks of Liberty foxes on Instagram a couple of years ago. They had decided to sew along together to encourage each other to finish the quilt, and I was totally hooked on the idea to join in. So, in December 2016, I asked for a Liberty scrap pack for Christmas and I started making foxes.
I made the 42 foxes fairly quickly, using fabrics from the scrap bag and some others that Michelle and Poppy very generously gave me. I also bought one or two pieces of some of my favourite prints in new colourways including the purple/blue Wiltshire which is just gorgeous.
I have used Essex yarn dyed linen for all my previous foxy quilts, but this time I wanted to combine the soft Liberty Tana Lawn with fabric of a similar weight and feel. After much deliberation about shades of grey, I chose Art Gallery Fabrics Pure Elements (now Pure Solids) in Moonstone.
I bought meters of the AGF Buck fabric on sale a while ago, which makes a lovely and soft backing fabric (although pattern matching those deer took a little bit of effort to give the back a professional finish).
My finished quilt sandwich unfortunately then languished on my quilt ladder for months/nearly a year as I got distracted with other projects and plucked up the courage to quilt it. At the outset of this project, I had decided I wanted to FMQ this one with a woodgrain effect that I have seen used on so many of Elizabeth Hartman's quilts. I can talk the talk about 'your FMQ will only improve if you practice...when it's finished you won't see the flaws...you're your own worst critic..... etc' but in the end, I couldn't bring myself to practice on this special Liberty quilt. Next time... !
So, I went with my usual quilting method of following the line of the faces, using a grey Aurifil 50wt thread (colour 2605).
I dithered over binding choice for a little while too - trying out a variety of the Liberty fabrics that I had used in the quilt. In the end I chose to use the Moonstone background fabric to keep it simple and not to detract from the foxes.
I am so pleased with it - it is perfect on the bed at the this time of year, light but warm and looks completely beautiful. It's also the perfect size for an afternoon nap - chance would be a fine thing though...!
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