Waiting for Baby

 

Finally finished!  I fell in love with the pattern for this quilt (in Quilter's World) some time ago, so was thrilled to discover I was to be a Grandmother for the first time.  I ordered the central panel from the US, bought the material for the outer border and found the rest of the materials in my stash.  I hand quilted the feathers around each circle in the panel and used a machine stipple stitch elsewhere.  It has just been freshly laundered and is awaiting the baby...due in April.

I bought another lovely pattern for a baby quilt called Sunflower Babies by Darcy Ashton a couple of weeks ago.  I thought I would make two blocks into wallhangings.  The pattern called for the embroidered faces to be sewn using embroidery floss.  I didn't have the right colours, but did have a good collection of perle cotton, so used that instead.   I  really enjoyed the embroidery.  I had some nice ombre fabric in pink and yellow for the backgrounds to the blocks.  I used Superior Monofilament to stitch in the ditch and a lovely lavender King Tut thread for the gridwork and the blanket stitch.  I used Sulky on the leaves and stems.I am going to put them aside now until my next Patchwork Group meeting and consider what binding to use.



Comments

  1. Angie in SoCal5 March 2014 at 11:15

    That baby quilt is so, so sweet! Congrats, Grandma!

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  2. Sue Jennings5 March 2014 at 11:35

    Thank you for your very kind comments!

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  3. Mayleen6 March 2014 at 10:09

    What a cute baby quilt! I can see you're going to enjoy being a grandmother and making things for your grandchild.

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    1. Sue Jennings7 March 2014 at 03:28

      Thank you, Mayleen! The excitement is building...less than a month to go!

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  4. Esther Aliu6 March 2014 at 21:02

    How exciting for you and what a charming quilt!! I'm sure it will be much loved

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    1. Sue Jennings7 March 2014 at 03:27

      Thank you Esther! It's great to be able to make baby things after well over 30 years and to be able to put newly learned quilting skills to use! I don't suppose baby will mind it it isn't perfect.

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