Vroom! Vroom!

This baby quilt is the 'brother' to Revving It Up!

Both will be donated to the NNU at Southland Hospital - I am making 

bassinet quilts with leftovers from larger projects and stash fabrics/batting.

For this one I simply used a large piece of the motorbike fabric, 

and quilted along the lines of the tyre tracks in the background, 

ith some match-stick lines in the black triangles of the pinwheels 

(which are leftovers from a Meadow Mist Designs mystery quilt-along that I am taking part in).

The backing is a large checked print, and the binding is an aqua solid. 

It measures 19" x 22".

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Check out my previous posts for more of my recent baby donation quilts.

Revving It Up!

These two baby quilts are made with pinwheels from leftovers of (version two) of 

a Meadow Mist Designs mystery quilt-along that I am taking part in. 

I've had the motorbike fabric in my stash for about five years, so it was a good chance to use it,

with a bit of fussy-cutting to ensure I had at least one whole motorbike in each block.

I quilted echo squares in the motorbike blocks, and matchstick lines in the black triangles.

The backing is a larger check, and the binding is an aqua solid.

It has a 'brother' quilt, called Vroom! Vroom!

Wonky in Blue

A couple of months ago I was 'between projects' and wanted something quick to do; I am trying to make a dent in my scraps and stash, so grabbed these blue florals and made strips of the squares, adding in the white and the darker blue.

I quilted in the ditch and then did the lines of free-motion flowers.

The backing is also from my stash, and I folded it over to make a self-binding.

It measures 20" x 22.5".

Woodland Welcome

This is made from leftover blocks from my previous Woodland quilt  -

with my rule of using leftovers/cut-offs from larger projects ASAP, this is what I did with these,
and it will be added to my pile of baby bassinet quilts to donate to Southland Hospital's NNU.

I love the woodland critters! 

This one measures 18" x 23.5" and also has the fox print flannel backing, 

with a stripy black and white binding.

I used a simple straight-line quilting design, using my walking foot.

I made it in September:

Here it is with its buddy quilt:

Walk in the Woods

Another in my set of baby quilts to donate to the NNU 

(today was the first time in weeks that the weather and timing has been right to 

get some photos done; I had eight baby quilts to photograph this morning).

The HSTs are made from offcuts from my previous Woodland quilt  

(when you make 'snowball' blocks, the corners get cut off and I don't like to throw them away) -

with my rule of using leftovers/cut-offs from larger projects ASAP, this is what I did with these.

It measures 19" x 23" and I used a fox print flannel for the backing, 

with a black and white zigzag for the binding.

I just love that there are little peeks of the critters in the animal prints:

As per usual, I can't be outside without Rumbles coming to inspect what I am up to...

Here is what it looked like as I worked out my layout (and what size background pieces I needed):

And once I had quilted it with matchstick lines in the white solid pieces

(this was all done in September):

The two woodland quilts together:

Sweet Treat

Oh, these birds are one of my absolute favourite prints in my stash - I've used it before for a tote bag or two  - and it was exactly what I needed to go with the vibrant green of the pinwheels in this bassinet quilt.

I did a simple criss-cross line (inside an echo square) for the bird blocks, and did curvy echoes on the seams of the pinwheels for a petal effect.

The pinwheels were off-cuts from a Meadow Mist Designs mystery quilt-along that I am taking part in; with my new 'rule' being that I have to immediately use leftovers/off-cuts for baby quilts, this was fun to create.

Like my other donation baby quilts, I have used fabrics from my stash, 

including the yummy purple polka dot binding and the all-over tiny daisy print on the backing.

I finished these two in September.

Spin in Spring

Another baby bassinet quilt made recently from leftovers and stash, this one measures 19" x 23".

This one is made with some pinwheel blocks made with HSTs that were cut-offs from a Meadow Mist Designs mystery quilt-along that I am taking part in.

I free-motion quilted a flower pattern in the floral print blocks, 

which is also echoed within the pinwheels.

The backing is a lavender tone-on-tone print from my stash, 

and I added a cool black and white zigzag binding.

I intend to pile up baby bassinet quilts instead of scraps, and will donate them to the 

Southland Hospital Neo-Natal Unit (where my son was a prem-baby patient 18 years ago).

I am also trying to use up left-over batting, along with fabric from my stash, 

without purchasing anything new for these baby quilts.

I finished these two in September.

Pretty in Purple

My new 'rule' for sewing is that I need to immediately use up leftovers/off-cuts from large projects by making a baby quilt straight after the big quilt is finished (in an effort to make something useful rather than simply adding to the pile of scraps in the corner of my sewing room!)

This one is called Pretty in Purple and is using pinwheels made from cut-offs from the Judi Madsen Gypsy Mama quilt-along (that quilt-top is waiting to be quilted).

It is 19" x 26" and has a flannel backing which I folded over to make a self-binding.

I free-motion quilted with an all over flower stipple.

I intend to pile up baby bassinet quilts instead of scraps, and will donate them to the 

Southland Hospital Neo-Natal Unit (where my son was a prem-baby patient 18 years ago).

I am also trying to use up the previously-mentioned scraps (including batting) , along with fabric from my stash, without purchasing anything new for the baby quilts.