When my mother in law asked me if I would make a baby quilt for her friend's new granddaughter, I was thrilled. There are lots of lovely fabrics in my stash and I wanted something colourful and cheerful, simple and bright. Not too taxing, construction wise.
I cut lots and lots of charms using precious scraps like the very last of my swinging girls, my owls, my willow wren and lots of other pretty ones. I added some Japanese charms from last year's swap. Soon, I had a big pile of gorgeousness just waiting to be laid out.
I thought about the pattern for a little while and then decided to use a modified version of 2 different patterns - this crib quilt from Moda Bake Shop, and Kristie's McKinley quilt pattern which I had made before. I increased the size of the crib quilt to make it wider, and want to do something a little like what Kristie did - i.e. applique and the baby's name embroidered.
I had lots of fun piecing this the last couple of days, it flew together for me and I intend on embroidering the name tonight so I can baste it tomorrow and get it quilted.
22 comments:
This is so pretty for a new baby. Love the Wonky Star block.
Its beautiful, love the fabrics & colours :)
Karen x
What a lovely bright and cheerful quilt, perfect for a baby and love the embroidery idea
This is so sweet Sarah! Love all those fun charms, what a great quilt!
Lovely colourful bright quilt, I'm sure it'll go down a treat!
That's lovely - I do love a simple quilt that shows off lots of different fabric. I might have to make one myself with Japanese Swap squares I still have not used yet.
well done Sarah x
This quilt 'sings' through your great fabric choices!! Lovely!!
Woo hoo! It's fantastic! The colors are fantastic, the prints adorable and the pattern perfectly simple and eye catching - a great way to display your happy charms. Great make!
Awesome quilt top! Such bright fun colours and the pattern really makes them stand out =D
Love the bright, summery colours and the I-spyishness of it :o)
So beautiful & lovely fabrics!
Kisses from Spain
Yep, lovely and beautiful and perfect and all that xxx
What a bright and beautiful quilt! Love the way you mixed and matched the fabrics!
It's really gorgeous, I'm drooling over your lovely fabrics! Can't wait to see the embroidery! :) I love the idea of the row being blank for that... I might just have to steal it next time, who knows? :)
It's beautiful, such beautiful and fun fabrics!
Adorable!
Simple but effective; very pretty.
What a beautiful combination of fabrics. It is a lovely quilt.
I love this quilt, I don't know how you're going to be able to let it go!
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Very nice work! Cheerful and fun)
So beautiful. Such a simple concept but it works so well.
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