How To Make a Paper Quilt!

Hi Everyone, Jean here.

I have always loved quilts, quilt patterns, and quilt fabrics, although I’ve never actually done any quilting!  I was immediately drawn to the fabric-inspired Simple Stories Harvest Lane papers, introduced at CHA in July. I paired the papers, as well as a few from Simple Stories Homespun Holiday and My Mind’s Eye Gnome Sweet Home, with the adorable cottage stamp from the Neat & Tangled Sweet Home stamp set to create an autumn-themed home decor project.

I wanted to waste as little paper as possible for the project, so before I cut anything, I evaluated the paper patterns. The larger patterns were used for the background and the smaller ones for the cottage. I laid the cottage stamp over the papers to evaluate whether a paper would work or not.

 

Next, I die cut the nine background papers with the 3 ½” Lifestyle Crafts square die. Using the die made quick work for this step. I laid the cut squares out on my background 12” by 12” kraft cardstock, but didn’t do any adhering. I also didn't spend too much time deciding which square would go where at this point.

 

I heat-embossed nine cottages on the smaller-patterned papers and fussy cut them. I laid them out on the larger-patterned squares that I’d paired with them earlier when choosing the papers. 

 

I felt that the houses needed a little something extra, so I heat-embossed a selection of solid cardstock in matching shades. I fussy cut the doors, windows, and roofs and added the separate pieces to the patterned houses. I spent a bit of time moving the squares around - switching out doors, windows, and roofs - so that I wouldn't be repeating two brown roofs or two red doors (you get the idea) in a row either horizontally or vertically.

 

I glued the pieces in the reverse order – I adhered the doors and windows first, then the houses to the squares, and finally the squares to the background.  I framed the piece in a 12” x 12” frame.

I’m already thinking about a winter-themed project with the cottage stamp – that roofline would look terrific with some Icicle Stickles!

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