Finished Kawandi Style Mat

Hi and welcome! I'm happy that you're able to stop by. I didn't get much done this week, except for hosting a welcome party and attending my son's wedding. It was amazing!!!! I did finish the neutral Kawandi style mat for my niece since she's in town for the wedding. I took a few pictures for this post, just for you! 😉

Neutral Kawandi style mat

I worked on this project for several months, bringing it with me when I thought I might have time to stitch. I finally took a few minutes to finish it this week, since my niece is here from Denmark and going back soon.

Kawandi style mat in neutrals for my niece

I have to admit that this is my favourite neutral project yet. I'm not very fond of neutrals but I worked hard to find fabric that would be considered neutrals but still have pops of colours. For my niece, I included fabric with the Eiffel Tower (she spent a semester in Paris), some doggy fabric and some black and white words in French. There was also many values which helps keep things interesting.

Kawandi style mat in the garden

I couldn't resist the contrast - the mat is on my outdoor rug

The mat is inspired by Kawandi quilting but I'm not patient enough to stitch each piece of fabric by hand the way that it's done traditionally. I did that for my first Kawandi style mat. It was a great learning experience but what I really love about these mats is the running stitch finish. So I sewed the scraps together and then stitched it to a backing by machine. It makes for a fun, slow stitching project that I can easily take with me. 

Kawandi inspired neutral mat

I can't leave without a picture of Stéphane and Sarah.

The happy bride and groom 😍

What I learned

• I love the Kawandi style neutral mat. This is my fifth mat and I'm hoping to make more.
• The wedding was amazing. Now I know how parents feels when their child gets married. The day was so full of love and joy. Sarah and Stéphane worked very hard to make this happen and it was truly wonderful!
• Now that hubby is mostly healed and we know that my eye is fine, I'm ready to get back to playing with textiles. I hope to post some interesting projects soon!

Related links

• A Wedding and Free Motion Mavericks, May 14, 2025
• Hand stitching fun and Free Motion Mavericks, April 30, 2025
• Snow Happens Finish, SAHRR & Mom's Mat, February 10, 2025
• Christmas Updates and Finishes on Free Motion Mavericks, December 26, 2024
• Stitching and FMQ on Free Motion Mavericks, July 25, 2024

Linking parties

I'll be linking up to many fun linking parties. You may want to check some out. Remember to link up below! Monday Musings, Sew & Tell, Put Your Foot Down, Needle & Thread Thursday, Off The Wall Friday, Finished (Or Not) Friday, Beauties Pageant, TGIFF, Patchwork & Quilts, 15 Minutes to Stitch 2025, Oh Scrap!, Slow Sunday Stitching, 

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Free Motion Mavericks

Welcome to week 532 of Free Motion Mavericks! Unfortunately when I copied my InLinkz coding, I removed some other important blog coding! I was able to fix it but a little late. Please feel free to link up posts from last week also! Here is the project from last week that included FMQ, ruler work or walking foot quilting. 

 

Here are some lovely baby quilts that Kat of Scrapbox Quilts quilted. She FMQ this first one in a diagonal grid using a straight ruler.

Baby quilt FMQ by Kat

This second baby quilt was quilted using a serpentine stitch on a diagonal grid. It's a lovely fabric with two borders. So cute!

Another baby quilt with lovely fabric and borders

Kat made the third baby quilt using scraps in a small trip around the world design. It's FMQ using the orange peel design. It's so lovely. You can click on the images to see the FMQ.

Back of the baby quilt by Kat

Trip around the world baby quilt by Kat

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