Bella is… well… bella! Lotta Jansdotter’s second line for Windham, Bella, is a wonderful follow-up to her first collection, and in fact, the two play together quite nicely.
I received a lovely charm pack of this gorgeous line from the kind folks at Windham, and immediately wanted to make a quilt. I pulled out some Echo, thinking I’d combine both lines, but then ultimately decided to just focus on the new Bella prints. I doodled this little design one evening – I used a bit of this type of design on a really old quilt back (on an aqua background even!), and thought it would be fun to play with it again.
[I didn't use a pattern on this one, but Allison at Cluck Cluck Sew has a great pattern in case you're looking for something similar.]
It looks like I may be a bit obsessed with this patchwork-type background, as I think this is now the third quilt (in a row, even!) I’ve shown with a similar look. This time? Shades of aqua. I had a lot in my stash, along with just a few aqua print basics. There might not be quite enough contrast in this one – the white surrounding the Bella squares seems to blend in with the light aqua – so next time I’d like to try it with a neutral background and maybe a dark green, gray, blue? solid around the prints. Add it to the list…
Anyway, I love these new prints and look forward to adding some to my stash in August!
We lucked out with a beautiful spring day over the weekend. We spent a little time at the waterfront, mainly for this photoshoot, but of course we also took time to enjoy the flowers!
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Very nice, Ashley!
Beautiful as usual : ) I have some of her fabrics coming any day now. Looking forward to it. Such a cute little man!
Love the patchwork background! What great inspiration for my next quilt
Just beautiful! I am amazed and in awe at how much sewing you get done Ashley. Could you please do a post on how you manage all you have to do as a working mom plus get all this sewing in?
Nice fabric! Love Lotta Jansdotter’s style and design ~ looking forward to seeing the new line in person!
And, look at Max ~ he’s growing up so fast!
just gorgeous! i can’t WAIT for this line!!!
Luckily that fabric is not out till August. That gives me a few paydays
That’s just gorgeous! I love your quilt; especially the chopped up aqua background! I wants to steal it… ;D
my favorite colors! love the improvness of it, not sure if that’s a word.
Beautiful fabrics! Would love to get some one day, the quilt looks great.
Gorgeous! The aqua background is perfect with Bella and I love the improv look of it!
Always you produce the most wonderful quilts, and I am amazed, how you find the time, and how you are so consistently innovative in your quilt making. It *is* bella, bella, bella!
Hazle
I love the blues! Great color combos
Love these colors- makes me think of summer!! And Max…precious as always!!:)
Si e bellisima! Which means in Italian it’s absolutely beautiful.
Whoa whoa whoa. That’s a little boy in the last photograph! Where did your baby go? I mean, I saw the mosaic, but still.
what a great way to showcase those fabrics!
So beautiful! And the quilt isn’t bad, either… 8-). Your quilt is lovely, as always. It looks like it was a very beautiful day. I’m glad you three had fun.
xo Linda
I love this quilt. The little guy is quite handsome too!
I really love Echo and Bella, added to my wish list. Very nice job showing such great fabrics off!
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The pic of Max and azealas took my breathe away, enjoy that baby…