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Baby Blues Quilt

Rachel — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:40:28 +0000

A few weeks ago I finished up the Baby Blues quilt for my good friend. We went to their house for dinner and she opened here present and loved it! Yay…always a good feeling!!!

I love the colors, and I really liked how it turned out.

I marked this quilt for straight line quilting, and I have to honestly say that I’m not sold on marking my quilts prior to quilting. I also used flannel for the backing, and while it is soft and cozy I’m not sold on it either. If you use flannel, PREWASH it!!! Even if you don’t prewash your fabrics, ALWAYS prewash your flannel. Flannel shrinks so much more than regular quilting fabric, and the weave is bigger. Once you wash it and it shrinks, it shrinks the weave, which makes the quilting stitches much more secure.

Baby Blues

Rachel — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:51:48 +0000

I put the Black, White, & Red All Over quilt aside (for now), and started on a baby quilt. My friend is due the beginning of June, and she’ll likely deliver sooner, so I wanted to be sure and get this done quickly. She requested a blue and brown quilt, and never haven worked with those colors before I was excited….I love that color combination!!!!

I used the boy pattern of the Baby Mine pattern, and I got the whole thing pieced. It took me a few days to figure out how I wanted to quilt it. Usually quilts “speak” to me and tell me what what I should do, but not this time. Bah!

I’ve never marked a quilt top for quilting before, but I tried it this time. I wanted to do some straight line kind of stuff. I’m still kind of on the fence about marking, and while I really like how some straight line quilting turns out, by and large I’m an all over meander quilting kind of gal.

I’ll show pictures of the quilting soon.

Spring Flowers Recap

Rachel — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:10:59 +0000

Spring Flowers is done! And I LOVE it!!!!!! For starters I used Camille’s Baby Mine pattern. The pattern is a great deal because you get 2 patterns for the price of 1–a girl quilt and a boy quilt. I wasn’t 100% sold on the flower applique pieces that go with the girl quilt. So I hunted through my library of patterns and found one that I love…it’s called French Roses by Heather French. Some day I’m going to make an entire quilt of French Roses (I even have the fabric for it), but since that’s down the road I figured I give the French Roses a whirl by substituting these flowers for the ones that came with the Baby Mine pattern.

The French Roses pattern uses the soft edge applique technique, which I thought is perfect for a baby girl’s quilt. I’m certainly in love with soft edge applique!

I’m so glad I made this modification. I think the French Roses flowers are softer, more feminine, and just downright adorable.

The quilt measured 40 x 50 prior to washing and measures 37 1/2 x 47 1/2 after washing…perfect size for a baby.

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Polka dot binding matches the inner border

Label: I used a piece of muslin, cut the edges with pinking shears, wrote on it, then soft edge appliqued it to the quilt

Fabric: Butterfly Fling by Me & My Sisters Design for Moda, the white is a white on white design with butterflies, the polka dots and some of the fabrics in the flowers are from my stash.

Side note: I started working on an improv project tonight. I got everything out and set up (machine, ironing board, started cutting fabric etc.), then went to sew, and my sewing machine won’t sew! Grrrrrrr! So I’m bringing it in tomorrow to get serviced, because one can’t have a non working sewing machine when one NEEDS to sew!

Date with Spring Flowers

Rachel — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:56:57 +0000

I haven’t posted much about the Spring Flowers quilt, but it’s now pieced, quilted, and bound. I had a date with the quilt tonight to finish the binding, and I had success! It’s such a great feeling to finish the binding! I still have to bury all the threads, then label it, then wash it, and then I can send it to its new home.

The colors in this quilt certainly remind me of spring, and I can’t wait for the new mama to open up this quilt for her baby girl!

When I finish this quilt up I’ll post about the changes I made to the pattern.

Spring Flowers

Rachel — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:55:29 +0000

My next project is a baby quilt for my cousin’s first baby. She’s having a girl and is due Feb. 11. I’m so excited to work on a baby quilt! I’ve been working on such big quilts lately that it’s going to be nice to work with one that is relatively small…quick to piece, quick to quilt, and quick to finish. Baby quilts are so satisfying!

One of my favorite fabric lines is Butterfly Fling by Me & My Sisters Design for Moda. This is the line I made my very first quilt (other than the wall hanging I made in my beginning quilting class). This fabric is so fun and cute and it’s not babyish.

The pattern is Baby Mine by Camille Roskelley. This pattern is a great deal because you get 2 patterns…one for a girl quilt and one for a boy quilt.

Chocolate Covered Raspberries

Rachel — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:35:22 +0000

My daughter’s preschool is having a silent auction, and I volunteered to make a baby quilt. I love baby quilts, because they are quick to make and oh so satisfying.

I chose 2 charm packs of Sultry by Basic Grey for Moda and set them 8 x 10.

No matter how many quilts I do and new styles I try, I absolutely love the simplicity of the 5 inch squares. It’s probably quiltmaking at its simplest, but I’m so drawn to these quilts.

The post wash measurements are 33 x 42.

The back of the quilt is white muslin, and I quilted with Sulky Blendables Vintage Rose (#4030) thread.

Caterpillar’s Meadow

Rachel — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:09:14 +0000

Thanks for all the votes for naming this quilt (both in the comments section and in person). While I liked both names best I think that Caterpillar’s Meadow fits both the quilt and the new mama the best.

The post wash measurements are 33 x 41…just the right size for a new baby.

I think this quilt is really pretty and the new mama is going to love it!

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If you remember I used the Sulky Blendables thread…see how nicely it blends

This is the back and you can see how nicely the thread blends into the blocks at the top, but in the rest of the white backing you can see the color variations, which I think looks really cool. And since I used a light blendables thread it still hides mistakes on the white fabric.

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Baby Quilt-Needs Name

Rachel — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:42:52 +0000

I love making baby quilts!

One of my best friends is having her second baby. She’s having a girl. My friend doesn’t really like girly colors or baby colors (ie, no pastels and nothing overly girly). She likes earthy colors. So I dug deep in my collection and came across a fat quarter bundle I had of About Town, by Monaluna for Robert Kaufman. Perfect.

I chose the Sanpshots patern from the Happy Hour (by Atkinson Designs) pattern book. I love all the patterns in this book, and can’t wait to try them all!

So loving how this baby quilt is turning out! It’s girly, without being overly girly and it’s also earthy with the browns and greens!

I need help naming this quilt!!! Any suggestions?

Baby Rocketships

Rachel — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:54:47 +0000

Here is baby quilt #2. I had so much fun with it, because I’ve never made a baby quilt for a boy before. I also didn’t buy any new fabric…I raided my stash, and I love how it all came together.

The quilt measures 32 x 42, and I used all fat quarters. The pattern is Mini Modern Rose Garden by Carolina Patchworks. I love the pattern…beautifully simple to show off great fabric. I will certainly be making this pattern again! I purchased the mini modern rose garden and modern rose garden patterns, so I have lots of options to choose from for the next time.

This baby quilt was sent to its new home today to await for baby’s arrival on Tuesday

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Baby Flower Power

Rachel — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:38:24 +0000

It’s baby season, so I’ve been working on a couple of baby quilts. One of my really good friends had her second daughter, Riley, 4 weeks early. Riley will be snuggled tightly in this super girly baby quilt.

The pattern is the baby throw by Valori Wells. The quilt measures 30 x 42. I used all fat quarters except for the plaid on the back . It was a fun pattern, and I will certainly be using this pattern again. Perhaps next time I will make the adult throw.

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