Origin Stories

  • Posted in: Neptune
  • on March 23, 2010

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This is the very first quilt have ever made for my own bed. It’s made entirely from rejected Neptune swatches. These are all of the pieces that didn’t quite work for one reason or another. Any of you who read my blog know I have a special fondness for all of the little fellers who don’t make it. There are a few of the cans I had made on Spoonflower too in there just for pizazz!

This is quite possibly my favorite quilt I have ever made for a lot of reasons. One, I like it because the process of making it was totally organic, I just kept sewing until it started to look like something. It’s like a suspense movie, I had no idea if I would have enough fabric or if would would work out in the end, it was built on pure faith.Two, I am a total control freak. My neurosis borders on debilitating at times so to let all that go made me feel like a better person, at least for a minute before I starting freaking out again. Oh ya, and it was also the inspiration for my Spiked Punch pattern. That’s two stories of how things came to be: the humble beginnings of Neptune and Spiked Punch. I just love a happy ending, don’t you?

By the way, I redesigned my blog a little bit so you may have to empty your cache or history and reload the sucker if you want to see the new look.

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28 Responses to “Origin Stories”

  1. Ooh, I really like those pops of color on the discarded prints!

  2. It’s wonderful! I love it.

  3. So pretty! I love it, and I love a quilt with a good story behind it!

  4. your bedroom is awesome. the quilt is awesome. i am going to come to your house and steal everything in this picture, for reals.

  5. I love it all but especially the wall. I love the tree detail. You can decorate my house anytime!!!!!

  6. Aggh, I love it and hate it when you show us the also-rans — I invariably love those prints and wish they’d all made the cut! The gold turtle damask…mmmm!

    Your quilt is wonderful. So personal.

  7. love the new blog graphics! and adore the quilt…i still want those tuna cans! ;-) i have yet to make a quilt for my bed… but i told myself i would this year.. so i have a feeling i’m going to use the blocks from one of my bees.. and just do it! oh..and as much as i like seeing the rejects..neptune is still my all time favorite collection.. and i think it’s perfect just the way it is.

  8. Oh, i just love this whole room! The walls are beautiful and the side tables! Wow. The quilt is great and I love to see all the fabrics that almost made it.

  9. I totally love this quilt! And it’s so nice to get a chance to see the “rejects” (which I think are pretty awesome by the way)! And I’m totally down with the blog redesign…yes I am…turquoisey-green , yum!

  10. pretty room, love the quilt. Hilarious that it’s called the reject quilt. :)

  11. I am so glad you posted this quilt for the world to see! The greatest part is that there can never be another quilt like it- you’ve got the one and only.

  12. LOVE the quilt and LOVE LOVE LOVE the wall!!!! I would love to know what paint colors you used on that wall????? Awesome room!

  13. I love the quilt! That would be a very sentimental quilt for sure. The new blog is so cute, that feather is by far my favorite! I still can’t get over how detailed it is, perfection itself. I wish I could learn illustrator and use it as well as you!

  14. How cute, love your end tables, may I ask where that bedframe is from? I love it!

  16. Those cans of “Tula” are the cutest thing ever! I wish I had some of that fabric to go with my Neptune charm packs!

  17. it’s amazing! i definitely want to make one of these. it would be a GREAT scrap user. thanks for sharing!

  18. Love it. Love the room as well, those subtle trees, delicious.

  19. Great quilt, the spontaneous ones always have something more to offer!

  20. The first quilt is always the best. I have my first quilt on a bed too! My grandma actually started it and when she passed away I found it half finished. I proceded to finish it and got hooked on quilting!

  21. gorgeous gorgeous love!!
    and also, a little P.S.
    we’re having a ‘draw a bunny’ comp over at Spoonful. Think you’d be good at it! Come peek ;)

    thea.
    xx

    http://www.spoonfulzine.com/home/

  22. WOW! I absolutely adore this. You have inspired me to go home and work on my own 1/2 finished quilt! Fabulous job!

  23. Oh it’s really beautiful! Love the strikeoffs! Do you ever wish you had complete control over what gets made into fabric?

  24. Love this quilt! And I love that it has a story behind it :)

  25. Hey Mary,

    I actually do have control. I put a lot of careful thinking into what gets made and what doesn’t. There is always one that I would have loved to have kept but just couldn’t build a whole group around. Those usually show up later in other lines where they work better.

  26. yea for you :) beautiful bedding. that is my fav- o – rite way to quilt :)

  27. That’s really pretty! I love it!

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