Baby Quilt

Filed Under Giving, Quilting, Sewing 

I mentioned in the Bibs post, that a friend of mine is (still) expecting her first daughter any day now. When she didn’t arrive on time, I told the momma to be that I was sure that baby girl was just waiting for her quilt to arrive. Well, apparently not because the quilt arrived safe and sound yesterday, and still no baby… at least not that I know of.

Anyway, because it’s reached it’s destination, I can now show you the finished product.

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Some of you on flickr will remember that I was stuck on which backing to use. When I first saw this Denise Schmidt Sugar Creek plaid I thought it would be a perfect backing for this baby quilt. I loved how the criss-crossed lines of the plaid sort of echoed the squares on the front. But when I got it home, I just wasn’t so sure.

The green fabric is something I had at home (no idea what it is, I picked it up for a buck a yard about a year ago) and it is a very near match to the greens in the quilt front. But it wasn’t really speaking to me either. I got equal votes on both fabrics, so I decided to go with my gut and use the plaid after all. I’m really glad I did.

Help! Which backing?

I bound the quilt in yet another DS fabric from JoAnn unknown fabric that I thought was a DS. The colors in this little polka dot match the back fabric beautifully. But again, I wasn’t sure how it would look for binding. As it turns out, I had nothing to worry about. I really like the dots… (surprise surprise. me? like dots on binding? never!)

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The quilting is just 1/4 inch straight lines on the edges of each block. I probably should have done more quilting in the center of each block, but this seems to be sufficient and I was in a hurry to finish before baby arrived. I guess I needn’t have rushed.

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So yippee! Another item off the list!

Comments

3 Responses to “Baby Quilt”

  1. Lainie on February 16th, 2012 11:49 am

    Oh, I love it!

  2. Rebecca on February 16th, 2012 12:27 pm

    I love it, too! And I’m sure baby will, too. Once she arrives. She is definitely (still) taking her time!

  3. Jemma Fifield (Moon Munkie) on February 21st, 2012 1:06 pm

    Hello. You won one of the Moon Munkie Mystery Makery packages. Do let me have your postal address so I can send it over to you! Jx

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