Primary Baby Quilt

Right after I finished the stacked coin baby quilt for my sister to send to a colleague she asked for a second one.  But this time she did not know what the baby was going to be.  Her colleague in the UK had decided that they did not want to find out (which has become more common, in my opinion).  At first I was a little thrown off, but then I headed to a fabric store near me and I fell in love with some polka-dot fabric.  Once I saw it I pulled it out of the crazy stack of fabric and went to the solid section and found four colors to match.  

 

I do have to mention though, that I had my fear happen at the fabric store that day.  As I was trying to get the polka-dot fabric I had an avalanche.  The fabrics as stacked everywhere in this store and I was a section over, but I guess I touched the right piece when I pulled out the bolt and it all toppled, like a big jenga game.  

Ok, back to the fun quilt.  Once I brought home the fabrics I starred at them for a while because I had no idea what kind of quilt I wanted to make, all I knew was I wanted to showcase the fun polka-dot.  Then it hit me to frame it with the solids.  But I wanted something a little off so I didn't have to worry about everything lining up. 

So this is what I decided to do, a square in square block.  The finished block measures 8"x8".   The pieces I cut to make it were 8.5"x3.5", 3.5"x4", 3.5"x2", and 8.5"x2" out of the solid and the polka-dot I cut into 3.5" squares.  I put it all together and then squared it up  8" square.  I made the quilt 4 blocks by 5 blocks to make is a nice baby size.  

And here it is.  I rotated the blocks as I put it together.  I pieced the back with all of the fabrics I had left from the front.  And I bound it with the polka-dot.

A close up of the quilting on the front.  I alternated the colors of the thread as I straight line quilted it on my machine.  I quilted it about a quarter inch away from the seams and then around the small squares.

A close up of the quilting on the back.  I like the fun design it makes.  It looks a lot more wrinkly around the stitching in the picture then it is in person.  I will all look better once washed.

Draped over the pool railing.  

The finished size is about 30"x38".  A nice little baby quilt size.  It only took a half a yard of each fabric to put the entire quilt together, front, back and binding (leaving just a few scraps of each)

I am linking up to Linky Party Tuesday at Quilting by the River and to Fabric Tuesday at Quilt Story.