My great-niece Kate is having a baby this fall so of course I made her a baby quilt. For this quilt, I used the Moda Love Charm Quilt pattern for the center then added borders.
As you can see, I didn't use a charm pack, I pulled fabric from my stash and cut the sizes needed.
The quilting is the X and + design. It works well on quilts but it is time consuming. Mark the X in the diagonal corners then the + on the horizontial and veritical center. The plus lines are the pivot point.
The star looks the same whether on point or horizontial but you can see the quilting better when the star is orientated on a horizontial set.
The finished quilt is 50" by 51" which is a rather random number but that's how my quilts often turn out. Using this close quilting also made the quilt shrink.
I didn't have enough of the yellow floral for all of the binding so a slightly lighter yellow fabric was use. Look at the binding in this picture, can you see the difference?
When I planned this quilt, there was supposed to be a yellow square in the corners of the patchwork border but that didn't happen. I'll need to remember that for the next quilt. This was an easy to make baby quilt, I have plenty of fabric in my stash to make many more.
This is the 3rd baby quilt I've made this fall using fabrics I already had on hand, this always makes me happy!
Blogger has come up with an new problem now. When I click on a name from the Blog List, gobbledygook pulls up! 😖 Then later it had corrected itself, it's just frustrating.
Linking to Favorite Quilt Finish October, To Do Tuesday, Wednesday Weight Loss, I Quilted This, Put Your Foot Down, TGIFF, Finished Or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Patchwork & Quilts
It’s a sweet baby quilt! And I love the yellow floral fabric!
ReplyDeleteSame here on the gobbledy-gook (it's a download of something from the site you've clicked, in its html form). Once I clicked on one of my own posts, Blogger decided to play nicely. It's always something! I also discovered that I couldn't respond to comments on my own blog until *everything* had loaded up on my page, which is sometimes extremely slow to load.
ReplyDeleteThat baby quilt is gorgeous!
Carolyn
What a sweet little quilt! ( well not little but!!haha) that is so great. I like that you used a two color scheme .
ReplyDeleteWhat a bright and happy quilt to welcome the addition to your family. I like the slightly different yellow you chose for the binding. I'm sure this quilt is going to be appreciated and well loved. Thank you so much for linking up with Favorite Quilt Finish!
ReplyDeleteSuch a sunny baby quilt! Love the quilting, too!!!
ReplyDeleteA very pretty finish. x
ReplyDeleteSuch a happy quilt, the yellow caught my eye and made me smile. Blogger glitches have started to worry me. I think eventually it will become obsolete as they push AI.
ReplyDeleteYes, the yellow grabbed my attention too - such a lovely two-coloured quilt! I'm sure it will be well loved & used A. Lot.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt looks like bright sunshine, I love it!
ReplyDeleteOh my - that is so pretty!! The quilting makes a real statement.
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty baby quilt and your quilting pattern accompanies your piecing well!
ReplyDeleteLove the sweet yellow fabric in your lovely BBQ (big baby quilt 😂). Isn’t it the best when you make a quilt from stash?
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet quilt! I love the quilting too.
ReplyDeleteYour baby quilt is adorable, and bravo for the dense quilting, so pretty! Well done using your stash! Thank you for sharing this lovely finish and linking up.
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely, Gretchen. Congrats on a beutiful finish!
ReplyDeleteIt's a happy feeling to make a quilt using only your stash. This turned out lovely. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss. https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2026/10/28/wednesday-wait-loss-508
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