Isn't She Lovely...

 

Isn't she hea~ven~ly?? (yea, I'm singing...)

I'm talking about this "Garden View" quilt by Better Homes & Gardens...

photo above courtesy of BH&G

Well let me tell you, I just had to have it!

I love the floral on one side and the stripes on the other. Especially the muted shade of teal and fresh ivory...I just love it! {sigh}

I only needed way less than a twin size, but I had to buy a KING size because that's all they had left. So I brought it home...

grabbed my pinking shears and CUT IT UP!

Yes, that right...I cut it up.  :)

(after the first snip, it wasn't bad)

Now, I know you are thinking...

"Who in their right mind would spend almost $80 on a brand new beautiful quilt and cut it up?"

The answer to that is ME, ME, ME! I would. And, I did!

And now, I bet you're thinking...

"WHY would you do such a thing Jodie?"

Okay then, let me explain...

I'm working on my swap for Petticoats & Parasols in Savannah and in my mind...it has to be PERFECT! I have to make 24 goodies and I only have less than a month to complete them all!!!

I needed some fabric. Some pretty fabric. Preferably some quilted fabric (because I don't know how to do all that fancy quilt stuff).

I drove an hour to my favorite fabric stores, looked everywhere and found nothing that suited my taste. And I wasn't going to pay $15 a yard for a half quilted side with an ugly, plain pattern on it. I just wasn't going to do it!

I came home depressed and defeated. I mean like, don't you just get so frustrated when you have an idea in your mind...one that you can just see it, almost touch it...but can't make it happen? Well, that was me...until the REAL creative side of my brain started working. That usually happens when I start talking to myself out loud :)  I tend to carry a conversation with the other half of my brain...only sometimes it's listening, sometimes it's not.

I needed quilted fabric. The magic word being quilted! Where do I find a quilt?

{bright light!}

Well smart girl, I would find a quilt in the bedding department! So off I went shopping again, to find the quilt of my dreams!!! (you know, the one I saw in my idea? the one I could actually touch?)

I think I floated across the floor to the check out as my troubles were finally lifted.

Okay. Right about now, I'm sure you are thinking...

"Jodie! How can you justify spending $80 on a swap?"

Weelllll, I needed to make 24 of these...

to put one of these fragile goodies in below...

(which you only get a peek! I'll post more after the retreat)

Therefore, since they are somewhat breakable, I needed something quilted and soft to put them in!!!! Ta-da!

$80 divided by 24 is $3.33 BUT I didn't even use a 1oth of the king sized quilt! Sooooo, I still have PLENTY of beautiful quilted material to use for future creations!!!! This was much prettier than the fabrics I saw at the fabric stores, and already quilted.

Oh get over it!...The quilt was actually $74.15 tax included. Am I still trying to justify things here?   ;)

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So believe me or not, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. :)

I'm happy. The creative side of my brain is happy. Now I just hope my Savannah girls will be happy!

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Hidden Moral of the Story:

If I ever go visit you, I must warn you...

Save all of your beautiful quilts out of my sight. I tend to carry my pinking shears in my purse at all times!

Oh...and I can read minds too...

This is only a warning!

;)

Excuse me for a while, now I have a chenille bedspread to cut up. Yep...the one from my last post!

snip snip snip snip snip snip snip snip snip {sigh}