Just finished off this little lovely, for the baby girl of a friend, due this summer.
I used a charm pack of Moda Plume included as a bonus treat in an "ugly scrap" giveaway by one of my very favorite bloggy friends, Alison. I sewed them up into some HST and put them back together randomly. I love how this bright fabric looks so cheery against the crisp white- very easy to make this fabric look good. I will have to get a BIT more creative when using some of the other interesting scraps that came along with ;)
I really like how the quilting came out- lines on either side of the diagonals, then a single line to bisect the triangles perpendicular to this. It has been awhile since I have done some straight line quilting... though "straight" may be a liberal description! It looks extra wonky in these pictures as it has been washed!
For the back, I used a bold pink along with a few pinwheels made from extra HSTs. I love the grid pattern the quilting makes against the solids.
I am especially proud of my basting skills- check out how perfectly parallel these lines run along the pinwheels! Whoot whoot! I will actually be giving my 2 cents on basting for the Quilt Class 101 on Bec's blog later this month (so this was good to boost my confidence ;) 
For binding, I framed it with a chocolate brown solid. I took another go at Red Pepper Quilt's machine binding tutorial....not perfect, but not bad. Not sure why but I feel compelled to master both hand and machine binding. I'm weird like that.
This is my first baby quilt this year, and it was refreshing to enjoy a smaller project! I am hoping it will provide a cheery place to play and cuddle. Here are some of the quilt stats for you:
finished quilt size: 25.5 " by 32.5"
fabrics: Moda Plume, white, pink, chocolate and tan from local quilt shop
quilting: straight lines, by machine
binding: by machine
Linking up at Canoe Ridge Creations.
It's a sweet quilt. It sure is nice to do a baby quilt, especially after a couple of large ones, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteYou are a quilting machine! This one is gorgeous and I love the quilting pattern you did...nice!
ReplyDeleteVery sweet finish. Nice work on the basting!!
ReplyDeleteNot half bad for ugly fabric! How did it count as ugly fabric? I think I am confused or not in the loop.
ReplyDeleteSo sweet and pretty and I love the quilting you did, it really gives great character to it! And HOW is that fabric ugly? It looks so pretty there :-)
ReplyDeleteLove Love Love it!!! Do you ever sell your quilts on etsy??
ReplyDeleteThis looks so fantastic, Kristie! I just love how this turned out, and I didn't love this collection before, but your quilt is making me change my mind... :)
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I am only ONE of your favourite bloggy friends and not THE favourite ;-)
ReplyDeleteI like this one a lot (obviously because it's HSTs) and I really like the back toooooooo
so pretty!
ReplyDeletei will be trying machine basting on an upcoming quilt too. hand stitching takes way too long!
This is such a sweet quilt! Love your binding fabric choice, and the back is perfect!
ReplyDeleteVery Pretty mate!
ReplyDeleteGotta love Tula.
Looks amazing Kristi - well done!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous quilt!
ReplyDeleteI love the quilting, and especially love the back!
This is a lovely quilt!
ReplyDeleteDarling little quilt! Nice back too!
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful! I especially love the back :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt! And I absolutely adore the back!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely adorable! Love sweet quilts for new babies!! = )
ReplyDeleteThat is such a beauty! I love the back, too!
ReplyDeleteLOVE, love, LOVE Kristi! The quilting is wonderful! Thanks for linking up to {Sew} Modern Monday!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THIS QUILT! I have one like it on my list.
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