Another Finished Baby Quilt

There seems to be a slew of babies being born right now.  So this is another baby quilt I just finished that's going to go to its new owner.  I made this one using a fat quarter pack and the tutorial found over here at Two Little Banshees.  It worked out great, and I was able to use some of the scraps for binding.

I used a scrap of high-loft 100% poly batting I had from old projects.  I'm reminded why I vastly prefer a blend or 100% cotton.  the quilt didn't "crinkle" at all in the wash, and I love the crinkle and drape of a quilt w/ a good batting that's washed.

I quilted it with large circles to offset the square nature of the piecing.  I think in this one, I used salad plates and cereal bowls as the templates.  I do like the effect and the quickness of this quilting motif.

For the backing I used a brown piece that mimicked the circles in the quilting.  I pieced the binding out of 2" scraps I had leftover.   I prefer working with 2.5" binding, but hey, "waste not, want not."

So overall, two thumbs up on the pattern and design and a big "meh" on the finished product.

An Experiment Gone Right!

I love it when I try something new and it turns out well.  I recently saw this video from the Missouri Quilt Co. on how to make a "self binding" baby blanket and immediately wanted to try it.  I actually already had two pieces of flannel washed and ready to go after scoring them cheaply at a Memorial Day sale.  It turned out wonderfully.

This picture shows the center fabric as well as the backing/binding.  I started with squares that were a different size than the ones in the tutorial, so my finished blanket has slightly different proportions.

And this picture shows a close-up of the two fabrics.  The mom-to-be has a thing for turtles, so this fabric was perfect for her.

Sunny Delight

Finally! Something to show off. This is a quilt I call "Sunny Delight."

It's for a co-worker's upcoming baby. It's made from two charm packs of Sandy Gervais's Fresh Squeezed line of fabric. This line of fabric has been out for awhile so I happened upon the charm packs on the clearance rack at a local quilt store. It is very bright, very loud, and very happy. Reminds me of Florida. You can see the great citrus prints in this picture:

It's a simple disappearing 9-patch pattern. I put the charm squares together into a very large 9-patch block and then went at cutting and rearranging. The resulting quilt is about 35"x35".

The quilting is just an allover meander. Nothing fancy, but it helped it wash up into a gorgeous, crinkly quilt. You can see the backing is from the same line of fabric.

T for Tristan

Last weekend I whipped up a quilt for a friend who just had a new baby.



It's all scraps from my scrap bag. I had been wanting to play around with colors and shading/gradient effects for a while, and this was a small scale project around that.
I outlined the rainbow section and the "T" and then stippled the outer, muslin border. I didn't prewash anything and love how much the muslin shrunk up.



I also did a pieced back using up some of the small scraps that I had leftover after cutting the strips on the front. Then I miscut a piece of muslin and, being unwilling to waste anything, added another colored strip to make it all fit. Not sure all the effort was worth it, but hey, fewer scraps for me!