A Simple Baby Quilt

My oldest sister let me know about a month ago that she wanted me to make a baby quilt for her to give someone.  I of course said sure, not a problem.  She originally said she needed it for July, but she really meant June.  She asked me about it this weekend, oops.  Luckily I had already cut out pieces for it so I just had to sit down and do some sewing.

I did the quilt in a stacked coin style, cutting each piece 2.5" by 5" for the coins and the sashings are 3" wide.

The binding is a simple purple with little squiggles in it.   I think it frames the quilt nicely.  

The backing is a pink with a light pattern that reminds me of free motion quilting that I picked up at JoAnn's on Sunday (my LQS was closed already).  

The batting is Warm and White, it gives the little quilt a nice feel.  I did a free motion loopy squiggle on it.  Not too close together though, I wanted it to stay nice and soft for the baby.  

The finished quilt measures 33" x40".  It was super simple to make and to be honest, one of the best things is the fabric for the top came almost entirely out of a bag of "you pick" scraps I got at my LQS.  $5 gets you a gallon zip top bag to fill, it must close, and it is all yours.  My bag was seriously over 5 lbs :)  

 Oh and I had this little helper under my feet when I was trying to get photos between the rain.  She is my neighbor's cat Spooky who spends her days in my backyard.  The is the most friendly, person loving cat ever.  She was nipping at my ankles because I wasn't petting her.

I am linking up to Fabric Tuesday at Quilt Story and to Linky Party Tuesday at Quilting by the River.  There are great projects at both!