Planning a wedding quilt - order the fabric first...
There's never any logic to how I do most things. This is what I ordered
Not sure what I have in mind. May add other fabrics - I'm thinking of:
Row quilts, or custom design mid century modern something.
Of course they don't have any hobbies, young, one works as a bar manager, the other care worker in seniors home, bought their first house, have a dog....
I'd like to put a quilt block with their house, a quilt block with their dog and maybe take a stab at a simple couple outline kissing (mid century eames style) stitched line drawing
I want something different, young. She loves vintage. So I asked what does she consider "vintage"? My childhood time or older?
Maybe a them on setting up house?
Uuugh.
Or I could totally wimp out and just pick pattern.
But what fun would there be in that, eh?
I've lost a few days in many Pinterest rabbit holes. And I've gone through my own fabric stash again waiting for fabrics by post. Open to suggestions.
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I asked her what she thinks is vintage - she likes "everything". And laughed because that doesn't help. Actually she is the type of person who really does like modern 50's 60s vibe which is where I'm going with this. I will keep people posted. I found this Jetson cartoon online - doing a test embroidery of the outline right now.
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I think I'll shorten his nose on the final run and I've removed the line under his eye for a younger look. Here's some reference ideas for "vintage Eames" era:
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