Mini Quilt of the Month, August: Piecing a Photograph

When we first caught site of this delightful photo from Jake Messenger in our flickr contacts, all we could talk about was how we could each live in one these adorable huts on the beach of Southwold, England and create our Purl Bee stories from there!  Once we came down to earth our next thougt was that the graphic nature of the image would lend itself perfectly to a quilt.  We felt that the image was modern enough to withstand a bit of abstraction, but romantic enough to hold its own as something soft and sewn.  And let's not forget the fact that all the straight lines made it a perfect candidate for strip piecing, a technique we've been planning to cover in our mini-quilt of the month series.  Did we mention the wonderful color palette as well? We love it!

Admittedly we struggled a bit at first, settling upon a basic method for piecing from a photograph was challenging, there are so many ways to go about it.  But eventually we settled on the method that you can find by visiting our Mini Quilt of the Month for August: Piecing from a Photograph Project Journal right here, and in doing so we also realized that our technique can be easily applied to almost any photograph.

We hope you will enjoy the journey as much as we have!  You can see all of our Mini Quilts right here.

 P.S. Please be sure to visit Jake Messenger's website right here, his flickr page here and his etsy site right here, you won't be disappointed!  Thank you Jake for allowing us to use your beautiful photograph!

Comments

[AC]

Amazing. Love this idea. Too sweet. Inspiration is everywhere.

[Rachel]

I love the monthly mini-quilt projects! Sometimes daily life is too busy to feasibly tackle a bed-sized project, and smaller ones can contain more detail. Additionally, they are much more portable, a big advantage when you're always on the go!

[business card design]

To tell you the truth, I am amazed about your talent, the idea and the concept and also the patience I admire from you the most. I am also inspired by your monthly projects.

[bjb]

it is true inspiration is indeed everywhere. And you have captured these little cottages very well.

[Rebecca @ beautiful square feet]

So so cute! What a great idea!

[ErinBassett]

Love this! What a phenomenal idea!!

[lepemalestvari]

I love bright colours and simple construction of this quilt!

[Anna]

That looks awesome. Worth framing like the picture. :) It would make a wonderful gift idea if you have a friend that's into photography.

[Lisa Jayne]

Ha! You've made my day, it is gloomy and over cast and this is a perfect example of what the last day of August should look like.I grew up near Southwold and it was lovely seeing it on your blog. The beach huts are very famous there (along with the cream teas and ice creams on the beach), but are very expensive to buy, this is such a lovely idea to make, and to have a piece of the beach wherever you are.

[em]

wonderful! such a great idea and result!

[Annick]

Really nice work! Love it.