This is another part of my master-scheme to complete some of those nefarious WIPS (works-in-progress) that have been hanging around way too long. My second daughter has been obsessed with purple for the majority of her life. At first I thought it was just the normal 4-yr-old purple fettish, which is when we first started collecting purple prints and squares and putting them in this box. I even had a bunch of star blocks with purple in them left from making a quilt for my sister’s baby (7-years ago) and we added them to the box as well.
One day when she had just turned 4 I was bravely trying to bribe my way through a quilt fair with 3 small children. I let the girls each pick a fat quarter to keep them busy while I looked briefly. I was more than happy to buy this purple fairy fat quarter for the 4-yr-old because it guaranteed me a few minutes of browsing peace. We added it to the purple box and occasionally would get the fabrics out and look at them.
But somehow the purple quilt never materialized. In my defense, we moved to a new house almost 3 years ago which happened to coincide with the 4 month period of my daughter’s life when she decided she was over purple and ready to move on to a new color scheme, and so we created this room and I made a fun new quilt for her bed, and felt like that was a great motherly effort accomplished.
But then the purple obsession returned and with it the guilt every time I looked at that box of purple fabric. The final straw came this spring when she was cast as the Purple Fairy in the school play, which seemed like some kind of divine intervention, and I knew that purple fairy fat quarter needed to come out of the box and get put to use.
I’m happy to finally give those purple scraps a life outside the box, to cross another WIP off the eternal list, and to finally give my very purple-y girl her very purple-y quilt.
Anna
Congratulations on getting this WIP done! I have a daughter with the same purple obsession. She would love this.
jlk
Hahaha! It is very purple-y! Love it.
Happy Cottage Quilter
Very very cute. And yes, very very purple 🙂
Judy Bagwell
I love purple. This quilt is beautiful!!
tracy_a
Great quilt – and great story. What a mom to make such a cool project 🙂
Maria
I love purple and I love this quilt. I'm sure she loved it too.
Kar
Beautiful! My oldest daughter would fall in love with this because of all the purple. This will be a treasure for your daughter. 🙂
Ginette
Beautiful quilt! My 4 year old is now in her Purple phase and I wonder if it actually is a phase or if she will be like your daughter and be a fan of the color for years to come! Fortunately I am working on a log cabin quilt for her bed right now and it is pink and purple! I know she would love your daughter's quilt!
Ginny Worden
What a great and supportive Mom you are, and I am sure you have one very happy daughter.
Anina
Pretty!<br />Love the fairy fabric.
Rebekah Gustafson
I love the colors and fabrics in this quilts! This is one quilt that I would have loved to have in my room as a girl, it would have matched my bedroom perfectly!
Sheila
Oh my! This quilt is just awesome. I she doesn't want it, I DO! I love purple.<br />Congratulations on a beautiful, finished quilt.
Vicki
I love it, Amy!
Mev_Lohman
I love it!
Jeanne
It's lovely! Good for you getting it finished.
Becky
Very lovely purple quilt. I even adore the back. Such cute fabrics!
nettie
it's darling! I always love a quilt with a story behind it, makes it a little more special..
nettie
it's darling! I always love a quilt with a story behind it, makes it a little more special..
Francine
Aw I'd love to see your daughter's face when she sees this… great job, mama!! It's so calm, peaceful and pretty!
Mermaid Sews
Gorgeous quilt.
dolores
You know I have horribly slow dialup so all I can do is read your post while waiting for the photos to finally come up….low and behold a beautiful NOT screaming purple quilt appeared. Perfect Purple for a 6th grader! Congrats on gettin er done!:)
Lisa C
Don't you just love a finish! Congratulations! I have NO purple in my stash but I could do this in orange! Happy Birthday to your purple fairy.
Lee Ann L.
I absolutely love it. I may have to create a similar quilt for me! This is so gorgeous and my favorite color is purple too!
Leslie
i have to say that this quilt….while at first it is SO purple… as i went through the pictures the more i fell in love with it. The scrappiness and the stars and the hints of yellow and green. it is great!
Lynnie
Sounds like a dream come true. A happy b-day to EmRo. And you can just go ahead and save that pink, red, and turquoise set for me someday. 🙂
Di~
Sweet story, sweet quilt and sweet fabrics!
girlsmama
So perfectly purple! I never got over my purple obsession!<br /><br />I made the purple barn raising from AQ last year and I LOVE it. Well done Amy!
Amy at Ameroonie Designs
It is the perfect purple-y quilt. Just wonderful! I'm sure she'll treasure it for a LONG time!<br />xoxo
Mary
LOVE the Purple still after all these years. My Mother heard somewhere that if she painted my Ceiling Lavendar, it would make me sleep more restful. So, my new bedroom they built when I was about 13 was painted Lavendar/purple. It didn't stop me from staying up way to late at night. I still do! I wish she had made me a quilt like you made for your Purple-y girl…Happy Belated B-day to
doodlebugmom
so pretty! I love the purpleness and I am lots older than 11 🙂
Katy Cameron
That is certainly one purple quilt! But she deserves it for 7 years tenacity if nothing else :oD
trish
As soon as I read the word "purpley" I thought of Buddy! :o)<br />Your daughter's quilt is just precious and so sweet of you to bring it all together for her. What a special blanket it will be for her, for many years to come. :o)<br />I hope you have had a wonderful week Amy.<br />My son loves his duct tape wallet! <br />sending love, Trish
Jennie
I have a purple girl too and she loves this quilt!
materialgirlquilts
So cute and I love the story! This purple quilt will mean so much to her for years to come!<br />Amanda
Kati from Kati's Quilting
It's such a gorgeous quilt! I'm not a purple lover, but really like your quilt. Bet your daughter was stunned!
linda f
Amy,<br /><br />Beautiful! My oldest loves purple and I have a huge purple stach. I made a purple Irish chain quilt 10 years ago and it is well loved. Happy belated BD to your dtr.<br /><br />Love your blog!<br /><br />Linda f
Sharon Dawn
You created a beautiful piece! I am sure your daughter will always treasure it…and the memories it will bring!
DKB
I didn't know purple phases lasted so long. Love the wonky stars
DKB
I didn't know purple phases lasted so long. Love the wonky stars
mjb
Amazing quilt and love your story behind it:)
elletaylor
Does she love it? I do!
Lana
oh Amy…stunning…and now she has two of the prettiest quilts around made by her sweet mama. Lovely indeed.
Lana
oh Amy…stunning…and now she has two of the prettiest quilts around made by her sweet mama. Lovely indeed.
BJ is Quilting!
A very lovely and wonderful purpley quilt!
Tessa Marie
I have a purple obsessed eleven year old too! She would love this (and so do I)!!!!
Sarina
I have an 8-year old purple obsessed little girl that I just made a purple quilt for too! What is it w/ purple and little girls? I remember loving purple and turquoise when I was a tween. LOL Your quilt is very fun and cute!
vintage grey
A beautiful purple quilt! So fun!! xo Heather
Lori Kae
Absolutely precious! Love,love,love the purple! 🙂
Kristy
Oh I love this! It is so whimsical! Very sweet. I am partial to purple too. I love the stars. Your own creation? Would make a great Project Linus quilt. We have lots of scraps and colors. Thanks for sharing this. K-
robin
Every family should have the good fortune to have a member who loves purple! Your quilt is so sweet!
Michele
Really nice but my 3 yr old purple loving missy would instantly call that one "mines" if she got her hands on it.
Carol
Wonderful quilt, some beautiful fabric.<br />Carol xx
Sue Bone
Very pretty and purple.
mascanlon
My 4 yr old granddaughter is bouncing back and forth each month between and pink and purple! So thats the next quilt on my list as they are moving and she will have a bedroom redo. Thanks for sharing, this is an adorable quilt.
Sew Create It - Jane
What a pretty quilt! and so nice to see a PURPLE quilt…there isn't a lot of purple fabrics around at the moment!
Melissa Corry
This is so adorable!!!
cat and vee xoxo
Love it, it's just gorgeous, and I love your sweet story. I too have a nearly-11 purple-obsessed small person. Have been very slowly making a purple-and-green quilt for her, but there's no way it will be done in time for Birthday 11. Hopefully by Birthday 12 though …. I am always looking for purple prints, there are way too few of them out there (that I'm happy to buy, I should
Melissa {polkadot chair}
I love your purpley quilt!! My 11 yr old daugher LOVES purple too much to my chagrin 🙁 The Sarah Jane fabric is so perfect in this, it reminds me of my girls too- I used it in the quilt I made her for Chriastmas this year.
Cheryl Arkison
Awesome! So good that you mixed up all those purples, it just sings.<br />And for your purple obsessed daughter you should look up Mable Murple by Sheree Fitch.
Natalia from Piece N Quilt
My daughter is obsessed with purple too! She would LOVE this quilt!!! 🙂
ktquilts
Love a purpley quilt!
Mary Zoom
i really LIKE this! I had a purple 1" gingham smocked and quilted bedspread – It was VERY purple, and I love it! As a matter of fact, I still have it. :o)
LittleLucyGoosey
Catching up on summer blog reading, and this one touches my heart. My four year old is in her purple obsession, I wonder if it will last until 11? No matter, what girlie girl wouldn't love this? LOVE!!!
Admin
What a lovely and cute colors.i love it.!!!!!!<br /><a href="https://www.raggedrose.com/bed-bath-c-1.html" rel="nofollow">Quilted Bedspreads</a>
Dena Farrar
I need to get busy and do the same! only for a very special 9 nine year old grand-daughter. On her last visit we ordered online some purple fabric. I am still ordering, cant wait to do it! Yours is very pretty.
Dena Farrar
I need to get busy and do the same! only for a very special 9 nine year old grand-daughter. On her last visit we ordered online some purple fabric. I am still ordering, cant wait to do it! Yours is very pretty.
Wife, Mom, and Nana
Do you have a pattern for this purple quilt? Looks perfect for my 8 yo grandaughter…and she is a purple fan. Bless!
amy smart
It's a very simple pattern. The large squares are 8" finished and the four-patch blocks are made up of 4" squares. The 8" stars come from a pattern from The Buggy Barn. I had them left over from another project so I included them here. Hope that helps!<br /><br />