Baby Blankets Can be Fun!

I had a wonderful time piecing a baby blanket for my niece. I was given some fabric that my niece wanted to showcase and was given free will to design the quilt as I pleased. First of all, I must say that half the fun was spending time with my good friend who spent the day with me in a quilt marathon. She was able to finish two quilt tops to my one. 

In designing the quilt, I made sure that the focal point was the fabric that my niece cherished most, which you see in the center of the quilt.  

I then fussy cut the main animals and created individual blocks for them:  the Lion, Hippo, Zebra, and Elephant.

The other individual blocks highlighted a brown and blue polka-dot Minky fabric that my niece wanted included in the quilt.  I will be machine quilting this quilt so I had to be sure to position the Minky all the same direction.  I absolutely cannot load the Minky into the machine in the position that is stretchable.  That would be a mess waiting to happen.

After piecing the main square and the individual blocks together, I added a thin brown border before adding a blue with brown polka-dot flannel border.  I love all of the textures found on this quilt.  I hope my niece likes it.  

I will be creating a pattern for this quilt to share with my readers.  Also, I will be finding a better way to photograph quilts!!

Happy Quilting!

Debbie

Satin Baby Blanket Binding is my Nemesis!

I have developed an intense dislike of satin baby blanket binding.  It works wonderfully if the blanket that you're binding is as thin as paper...ok...maybe a thick cardstock.  Give the blanket any thickness whatsoever, and the binding has a mind of it's own.  I have gotten to the point that I just blur my eyes so that the blankets that I'm making for my niece look good.  By the way, that's my cure for all flawed things.  It's amazing how wonderful something appears when it isn't in focus.  New resolution.....if ever I'm asked to use this horrible product, I will answer with a resounding NO!

I have found that the binding looks much better if you look at it from a distance....

As opposed to being up close and personal....

4th of July

I woke up to a beautiful 4th of July.  Today will be quilting free and filled with family and friends.  Tomorrow I will be back to finishing up 7- baby quilts for a client (otherwise known as my niece).  This project started out as just a couple of quilts, but it keeps expanding due to fun and exciting new fabric that keeps popping up.  I have to admit that this is the first time I've tried satin baby blanket binding.  It's quick, but it isn't easy.

On a side note, I'm going to start taking photos to add some excitement to this blog.  I'm going to have to dust off the camera and remember how to use it.

Have a great July 4th!

Debbie

Starting Out

I’m working diligently to get this blog up and running, and I’m so excited to see where it leads me.  Please hang with me as I work out all of the kinks.  For a start, I plan on blogging about my past, present, and future quilting adventures, sharing my personally created quilt patterns, and running a quilt block of the month.  Check back often for updates as I proceed in this journey.