Winnie the Pooh for a bestie

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A finished, no longer mystery cozy! Looks rather charming, if I say so myself.

There's laundry to fold and dishes to wash, but first! A post about a quilt now received, beloved, and of which it's time to share. Thus, here's a Winnie the Pooh cozy for my BFF who ADORES all things Pooh.

Adorable images and cheery colours!

Eeyore is her fave character; she has Birkenstocks with Eeyore on them, lol! When I saw the Echo Park Paper Co. Winnie the Pooh collection, my heart leaped thinking of one person so dear to me who would LOVE a cozy made from these gorgeous prints. I ordered a layer cake (ten-inch precut squares) late last fall, and even with the bustle of Advent, a quilt top emerged, assisted by Liberty Fabrics by Riley Blake from the Autumn Woodland line. The border is from that collection, which gussies up this rather simple array of large squares.


Yet I wanted the prints to shine, no need to cut them into smaller squares. This allows one to admire the 100 Aker Wood, a grand map of all the residents' special places. I took great pains to NOT hand-quilt through any characters' eyes, LOL, that felt quite wrong. I used the Kawandi method to attach the front and back, which is a plain white flannel sheet. Then starting with the outer perimeter, I hand-quilted around and around and around until finally reaching the center.

It's not a hefty cozy, what with minimal seam allowances. But my bestie lives in a not-too-cold place, so it didn't need added bulk. However, I took from that a lesson for my Rainbow quilt, and I'll add an extra layer alongside the batting. Our neck of Humboldt County is never hot.

The blue is a Liberty print; I was glad to mix in some other fabrics for variety and the hues work well together.

In fact, stitching on this almost every evening for about three weeks, I found myself needing an extra quilt over me, especially as I reached the middle of the quilt; it ended up being bunched into an awkward pile that did little to keep me warm, haha. Sewing this project was a thrill, in part for the adorable fabrics, as well as the element of surprise, like each stitch was a prayer of love sent out unbeknownst to the one being considered, tethering me more to God as well as my treasured friend.

More Liberty fabric as the border; note there is no binding on this quilt. I'll write a tutorial-sort of post soon to explain my method!

And now I can happily share this beauty with you readers, and in a subsequent post I'll give tips on how to hand-sew a large Kawandi-inspired project. For now, enjoy these snippets of an ample (67" X 60") cozy; if you are tempted by this beautiful fabric, I highly recommend it, some of the softest yet sturdiest cotton I have used in ages.

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