In the January holidays I was looking for a new design to try out and found this picture on one of my Pinterest boards and was really keen to give these 'flowers' a go...after scribbling out some drawings and calculations, I grabbed the leftovers of Merry Little Girls Stonehenge fabric
and made up this baby quilt. It came together really easily.
Measures about 37" square. I used leftover strips to make the borders and found a nice teal fabric in my stash - I mean, textile preservation collection (ha ha!) for the binding.
When I quilted it I used an all over loopy stipple, sewing some butterflies every now and then...
...and the occasional bee on some flowers (can you spot it?)
The backing is a pale lavender butterfly print that was also in my stash - so pleased I have all those fabrics in my 'collection' to make use of (when the project is right of course!).
Hi to all my quilting friends at Kelly's Needle and Thread Thursday!!
And a big Kiwi 'Kia ora" to all my friends visiting via Crazy Mom's Finish It Up Friday!!
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| Aren't camera angles funny? It looks really rectangular here but is definitely a square shape! |
May 2016 - sent as a baby gift to our newest great-niece, Poppy May, daughter of our flower-girl Katie and her husband John. Here she is, now two months old...
Cute! Whose pattern did you use?
ReplyDeleteHi Mary, I made up my own calculations based on this picture https://www.pinterest.com/pin/343118065339183231/ and I created each side of the flower by doing a variation of the flying geese technique, sewing the triangle seams across opposite/diagonal corners.
DeleteYour colors make me pine for spring. Beautiful quilt!
ReplyDeleteThanks! They are really pretty colours aren't they? We are in the last phases of the southern hemisphere summer here, having had quite a heat wave this week especially. Fingers crossed for an indian summer in the autumn, but with the world weather patterns being so crazy at the moment, who knows?!
DeleteSuch a happy quilt! I love that you quilted little surprises as you went along, such a fun touch. :) I'll have to remember that it isn't a stash, it's a textile preservation collection! LOL
ReplyDeleteTee hee! I saw that textile collection phrase on Facebook I think, it's a good one huh?
Deletereally pretty!
ReplyDeleteCheers Leeanne, it's a very pretty range of fabric and I am loving that my two fat quarter packs have stretched into two projects so far, plus I think a few more to come!
DeleteThis is really pretty - love the colors and it's a sweet pattern, too!
ReplyDeleteThank you Laney! I loved seeing it come together.
DeleteI love these cool spring colors, this pattern is perfect for these fabrics! Your FMQ is inspiring me, I need to break out and practice some more motifs...love those butterflies!
ReplyDeleteThanks Judy! I did love the chance to use these fabrics for a second time. Have a good week.
DeleteVery pretty quilt.
ReplyDeleteThanks tonnes Karen!
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