I’m finished with my most recent mini that I’ve decided should be entitled “Dream a Little Dream”. It all started with an inspirational sketch and post by designer Sarah Jane. This mini is part of a swap over at flickr and my partner doesn’t know this is for her yet. So I can’t tell you a heck of a lot about her. But I will say that I identified with my partner (and also Sarah Jane) on the need to de-stress this year. Life gets in the way quickly and it is easy to become overwhelmed by our own particular circumstances. So I thought my partner would appreciate the simplicity yet emotional nature of this quilt. And so Dream a Little Dream was begun.
The girl in my mini is completely inspired by Sarah Jane’s illustration…but I’m quite pleased with how she turned into fabric and thread. I did this all with raw edge applique, a steady hand, and a lot of thread changes.
Her dreams are made up of all things lovely, sweet, and fantastic. Which just so happens to coincide with my love for Heather Ross fabrics. There’s definitely a reason I’m drawn to her designs. You will see that they appear often. And don’t mind me when I start waxing poetic and pulling out my love of Disney when I say ” A Dream is a wish your Heart makes”.
I also did a little stamping on this quilt. My very first time stamping on fabric! I did just a subtle (read: I didn’t want to mess up) stamping along the quilt with the title. The free motion quilting is also supposed to be dream like… flowing, relaxing, and wavy.
The details are big in this mini, but I think the overall effect is Simplicity. I worked to keep things a little less overworked and I hope that it “works”.
So, dear partner, I hope that you love this mini as much as I do. She’s been peaceful and joyful for me…just what I think you will enjoy about her. I’ve loved having her finished for a while and getting to her enjoy her on my design wall. I don’t always get to spend much time with the items I make for a swap and I feel lucky to have had her for a bit.
If this came to my house, I'm pretty sure I would cry. It's perfect, Angela!
this is gorgeous!!! wow, tears in my eyes…so beautiful!xx
Peaceful and joyful – perfect descriptors for this beautiful, beautiful mini!
Just amazing! You have a lucky, lucky partner!
Just Brilliant!! I would find this Very Very Hard to Give Up!! That is one lucky partner – if I were you, I would whip up a 9-patch quilt and give that instead hehehee
wow!!!! that is so beautiful and amazing. You are very VERY talented!
Less is so much more, wonderful!
This is AMAZING. Magical.
Wow, it's simply beautiful. I'm so in awe of your talent!
Just stunning. Wow. This is incredible. YOu are so talented.
Oh I absolutely love it! You've inspired me to try a more picture based mini, now I just need to see if I can pull off what I'm imagining o.O
This is absolutely beautiful (and the reason I am inspired by the idea of mini-quilts), the idea of creating a scene 🙂 If your partner doesn't want it you can send it this way!
Your mini is amazing! The lucky lady who receives this will love it!
I love this so much! I think the quilting is my favorite part. Well, the quilting and her tights. 🙂
It is a very sweet piece. I like the simplicity of it too; it is very dreamy. And the stamp is very subtle, just right.
Your mini is absolutely amazing! So calming and happy!
She turned out just beautiful!!
This is spectacular! As you said, lots of details, yet very calm. The recipient is verrrrryyyyyy lucky!
Wow. Just wow. Incredible!
You have SOOOO inspired me with this little quilt – thanks much! It is fabulous.simply.fabulous.
It is just beautiful. I love it!
this quilt is completely fantastic in every way Angela! you are so talented, and your attention to detail never ceases to amaze me 🙂
Angela, I think this is my most favorite of all the things you have made (and that is saying a lot!). It is gorgeous. I think you captured, perfectly, what you were describing. All the little details…..fantastic. Wish it could be mine!!
Simply beautiful! Love it!!
It`s absolutely gorgeous!Great job.
Sew Sweet! Love the feel of this quilt and I love how you added the simple stamping. Thanks for sharing.
Holy smokes, Angela, you have knocked this outta the park! What a lucky partner you have!
This is not only a quilt, this is ART!
It is so beautiful, it is unbelievable!
Adorable.
Greetings,
Tina
This mini is magic! So sweet, so inspiring
She is so fabulous- love the serenity on her face Angela. Oh my- what a lucky partner.
Thanks SO much for being a part of the blog hop and for sharing your amazing talent with us!
Uh yeah! Amazing!!