Β Β Hey gang!
Β Β Earlier this year, I was so blessed to be asked to be the Godmother of my little cousin Violet. This girl is the cutest little thing you ever did see! Β I wanted to do something extra special for her christening, so I decided to make her a baby quilt.
Β Β This was my first “real” quilt – I’ve dabbled in t-shirt quilts – and I found it quite challenging! Β Actually the only part that made it difficult was the topstitching, but boy was that exhausting. Β I always thought that I’d like to be a quilter one day but after cranking out this little guy on my home machine I can’t imagine doing it for a full sized. Β If I did, I would definitely need to rent a long arm. Β Now I understand why quilts are so expensive!
Β Β I did have a lot of fun piecing it together (I think in the future I’ll do the piecing and send out for the topstitching) and I’m really happy with the outcome. Β I used the Baby Rosebuds pattern from Craftsy.com but instead of the flowers I added little appliqued animals with my Slice FabriqueΒ – I love that thing! Β I did this for 2 reasons: a) I didn’t want the quilt to be too girly-girl, and b) both of little Violet’s parents are biologists! Β That house is animal-crazy I tell ya!
Β Β As I said, I’m pretty pleased with the end result. Β It’s not the most perfect quilt ever made, but for a first-timer I’d say I did a pretty good job. Β Besides, the animals kinda steel the show!
Β Β I appliqued the animals on with fusible first, then secured them with simple embroidery stitches, and added little eyelash details.
Β Β My friend Rachel helped me pick out the fabrics – most of which came fromΒ Purl Soho. Β The fabrics for the animals I either had laying around or I got fromΒ the City Quilter. Β I’m not sure how well it reads in the pictures but the base (white) fabric is this adorable cream cotton with little white polka dots!
Β Β For the topstitching I just sort of did a ripple effect on each of the animal squares, the pieced squared I simply “stitched in the ditch” which made the shapes really pop, and for the outside border I did sort of a willy-nilly zig-zag stitch.
Β Β The only notice-ably wonky part was the back, which I had to sort of piece together in a mish-mash of ways because I was starting to run short on fabric. Β Its abstract π
Β Β The fabric for the backing I just happened to have on hand, I don’t even remember where I got it, but I love the way it matched-but-didn’t with the front of the quilt. Β And the floral added a tad bit of girl-ish whimsy without going over the top.
Β Β And, since you’ve been such a good audience… here’s a picture of me and the beautiful little lady on her big day!
Β Β Well, there you have it folks! Β My first quilt. Β Are there any quilters out there? Β I’d love to know what you think!
Β Β Happy quilting!
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