Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Mom Feature: Pixie Hollow 3D Quilt

For those that follow my blog or my little sister's clothing blog, you probably get a sense how family is a big inspiration for us, and our family is close and a big part of our lives.
Well like any family, our mom is the bomb and such a big influence in our lives.
She taught us to sew and showed us girls can do anything, like use power tools or chop down trees.
My mom is uber talented, and I'm pretty sure if we got in a fight she could totally kick my butt despite being near the senior citizen meal discounts.

So I just want to brag about her and share her latest quilt, which she made for my niece, Katie.
My niece (her oldest grandchild) turns 8 next month and on a visit asked Grandma to make her a silky quilt for her bed.  So my mom went over the top and made her the coolest quilt.
Katie loves the Tinkerbell / fairy shows and my mom made this quilt and all those details are mostly 3D fabric folding off the surface of the quilt.  The flowers are mostly manipulated ribbon and the whole scene is just incredible in person.
My mom made my son his airplane quilt, which you might remember a few years ago.


I stole some of her pictures from our family blog to show you:


 


My mom had some stickers she printed to use as a template for the fairies.  All the details of their faces and wings are all sewn by machine and are so precise.  My free motion sewing is like the Grinch's sewing compared to my mom.

Just really great, I hope it blows Katie's little 8-year-old mind.  
The whole back is satin, per her "silky" request.

21 comments:

  1. WOW...I love this quilt...My daughter would have loved this quilt,she still has a fairy garden. :)
    Tell you Mom Great Job!
    Denise

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  2. This is AMAZING!!! Your mom is a true talent. Beautiful!

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  3. We LOVE Tinker Bell and the fairies! This quilt is amazing!! :) What a talented family!

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  4. Oh. My. Seriously? AMAZING. I wanted to say Amazeballs, my word of the moment, but even that doesn't seem to cut it. This is so incredible, like, seriously. I want to know how to make ribbon flowers like that. So so pretty!

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  5. Jessica, your mum is totally awesome!

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  6. That is absolutely incredible! Go, Mom! :D

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  7. Wow, it's beautiful! I love that frog! And the fairies, the birds, and the awesome flowers!

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  8. WOW...this is so breath taking.

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  9. What a fun quilt, and wow, your mom's free motion skills rock. I love the fairies, and the 3D elements too!

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  10. OMG......WOW...if you look at it long enough you can see it's movement and the story unfolding right infront of your very eyes!!! well Jess, I now know what apple tree you fell from!

    Pass the word along to your mom she did an amazing job on this Fairy Quilt for her grandaughter!

    Valerie

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  11. WOW! I totally see where you get it.
    Your Mom is amazing! That quilt is out of this world!
    Fantastic.
    ~Michelle

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  12. OH MY GOSH!!!!!! This quilt is the cutest thing I have ever seen! I'm sure she will love it :)

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  13. Wow your family is seriously talented!

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  14. Oh my goodness...this is absolutely incredible! It's so beautiful! xxx

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  15. Incredible! That is some serious talent. Wow.

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  16. I'm posting pictures of this quilt on the quilting blog I work for. It is AMAZING! I'll link back to you :) Love all the fun projects you are doing!

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  17. okay, you and your whole family have crazy, unreal, out of this world mad skills and sort of make me want to throw my sewing machine on the curb, bury my head in my arms, and cry.

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  18. This quilt is exquisite . Your mom is so very talented.

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  19. Magnificent design and execution a true work of art.

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