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| Strips and Squares: a Mitten to Apple original |
I'm slowly (but surely) getting my apartment decorated, and one of the projects on my "to do" list was adding a few accents to my cozy (that's NYer for small) bathroom. I wanted the color scheme in the room to be pretty minimal: the metal finishes in the room are brushed nickel and my towels are a pewter/grey color, so I wanted to add a few things to compliment those hues. Well, when I was wandering through West Elm the other day, I came upon a new bath mat and I fell in love!
With my new mat in place, the only thing missing in the room was a bit of "color," you know? SO, I grabbed a few fabrics from my stash and created a simple wall hanging: Strips and Squares.
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| Strips and Squares: a Mitten to Apple original |
As you can see, I included the fabrics featuring various pewter/grey colors (Next Wave and Ann Kelle Remix) that tie into my towels and new bath mat, and added yellow as a bright punch of color!
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| Strips and Squares: a Mitten to Apple original |
Once I pulled my fabrics, I sliced up some strips and squares, and got to sewing. After piecing the top, I used quarter inch, stitch in the ditch, and pebble quilting to add a little more interest to the piece.
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| Strips and Squares: a Mitten to Apple original |
I'm so thrilled I got a project finished and it is actually hanging on a wall- I think it looks quite sweet in my NYC bathroom, and really pulls together my towels and bathmat!
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| Strips and Squares: a Mitten to Apple original |
Sweet and Cozy have never looked so gorgeous! Love your original design!
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ReplyDeleteReally great design. I love the photo in your bathroom. Great job.
ReplyDeleteSuper cute! How do you hang it? I really want to hang some of my minis
ReplyDeleteHi Mina! I actually used those 3M strips designed to hold picture frames. I like that they allow the mini quilt to stick close to the wall and I can easily peel them off the back and reposition it!
DeleteLovely! Something about the grey and yellow is so fabulous!
ReplyDeleteFabulous colours, great fabric and a wonderful but simple pattern. What a fabulous finish.
ReplyDeleteLove the gray and yellow. Bathroom is small but cute!!!
ReplyDeleteOooh... love gray so I love this one, too :)
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