Wow! Do you believe it!? It's finally finished!!!!
After selecting all the fabric, making sure it was 100% cotton and pre-shrinking every fat quarter in hot water, I began the project to complete the childs quilt called
Funny Babies, designed by Amy Bradley. The quilt's background fabric would be blue (we knew the baby would be a boy) and I wanted to select at least one of each primary color a child would learn to identify during childhood. Fabric selection was the most fun....
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| Red, Blue, Green, Red and Yellow |
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| Beginning binding at bottom center of quilt |
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| Binding attached and ready for final handwork |
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| All Done! |
The quilting was done by a Georgian quilt shop in light blue thread. I allowed them to make the design selections and am very happy with their choices. I wanted to share the detail they added visually to the back of the quilt where I used white muslin. Can you see the many toys and baby items sewn into the design in the following four pictures?
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| See the teddy bear...? |
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| And the keyring rattle....? |
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| Can you make out the pacifier....? |
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| There's the ducky...! |
Sigh....So, this project has been completed. I hope finishing three more quilts for my growing grandsons will not take me as long. I did learn a lot....One....avoid appliques and stick with piece quilting from now on! Two...being exact when measuring is critical. Three....The love you stitch into the project will cover all errors.....
(smile)
I just hope I will bring the smiles to my niece and her son you see below when they open the box. I loved doing it. The package will go in the mail Monday.....
You will be hearing more from me, soon. Til then....keep sewing....one stitch at a time!
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| On Washington DC's METRO over 2012 Labor Day Weekend |
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