Fair warning this post is sooooo full of pictures of a very pink quilt :)
So a very good friend of mine had a little baby girl last month. I was so very excited when I got the text at 2:30 in the morning that it was a girl! I was not able to make it to her baby shower the month before, but I sent here out a package with
Bunny and Ellie. She did not know what she was having ahead of time so I had to wait to start the quilt. Well I got the text Wednesday morning, the 28th, and so after physical therapy that day I made a trip to my LQS to shop for fabrics. I wanted to match Bunny and Ellie as much as possible. I was so excited to be shopping for pink! I already had the white raindrop from Ellie and the brown and blue polka dot. I also had the pink and brown and the blue and brown flower fabrics.
So while at my LQS I pulled out all the pink and brown that I could find and only the best would do. I ended up with the pink with the brown splotches, the pink and white dot, and the brown and pink polka dot. I also went to another fabric shop I love and got the pink and brown circles and the backing. I pulled a piece of pink and brown swirly from my stash that I have been saving for something special.
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| The backing... love it! |
So I decided I wanted to make this a fun quilt with lots of little squares, I love the look of postage stamp quilts, so I cut out 2 inch squares of my main fabrics and make blocks with them. I didn't want a pattern, I like the random look. So I made blocks of 9 squares by 9 squares. I also decided I would be turning them on point.
Only halfway done with blocks at this point. Pressing all those seems took forever! But I kept at it...
And now the top was all done!!
I love how neat all my seems look!
Ok, I am also proud of my corners... that was a lot of work!
I decided to free motion quilt the baby quilt. This was the first quilt that wasn't a mug rug or mini that I have free motion quilted. I did each block separately and then did a squiggle along the borders of the blocks. I used a variegated pink thread that really stood out against the brown. I used warm and natural for the batting.
Closer look of the quilting.
And the back. I framed the backing fabric with the brown and pink swirly. You can see the pattern of the blocks if you look closely at the quilting from the back.
I loved the look so much that I decided I needed to make a smaller, snuggley quilt that will be perfect in the car or stroller or to be dragged around when she is a little older or ever a quilt for her dolls when she is older, too. This block I made 10 squares by 10 squares and then made small borders. I also free motion quilted this, but I backed it with minky that I framed a little piece of the backing (thank heaven for little girls) so I didn't want too much quilting to keep it super soft.
Both together... I love all the pink!
I am so happy with how these two quilts turned out. I love all the pinkness! The baby quilt is about 48"x48" and the mini is about 20"X20".
I sent them off to their new owner. I find it so exciting that there is a new little person in the world and I love that I was able to make her a special gift. I can not wait to meet this little bundle of happiness that I made this quilts for.
And
here is a link to a picture of the sweet little girl with her new quilt.
