Baby Isabelle's Quilt

I'm so happy to be entering a quilt into the Blogger's Quilt Festival that Amy so graciously organizes twice a year during Quilt Market.

Last fall was my first time participating in the Festival and I entered one of my favorite quilts ever, not to mention the all the inspiration I found from so many other bloggers who entered their own beautiful creations.

I made this quilt for another high school friend who recently had her first baby, an adorable little girl named Isabelle. A few weeks ago my sweet friend Lu of For the Love Quilts generously sent me the pattern for her Shelby quilt and I knew then that if my friend Sarah had a baby girl she would be getting this quilt.

I was excited to try this pattern as I haven't done much applique and it's always fun to try new things, right? Thankfully this is raw-edge applique so I was able to get this together fairly quickly. Making this quilt was also my first time using basting spray, though I only used it to apply the applique, not in the actual basting. That can may say odorless, but I didn't think I needed to be sniffing those fumes too much longer!

The front of the quilt is Kona Snow with various yellow, orange, fuchsia, and plum prints. I am really digging this color palette right now for baby girls, so expect to see more of it as I make things for our little one due to arrive soon (less than 3 months!).  I quilted around each "peel" and also along the grid between them which seems like the right amount to give the quilt some body but still keep it a little snuggley. Hopefully Isabelle agrees!

I love the design that the quilting made on the back. I used ivory thread for the top and hot pink in the bobbin and was pleased that I was able to find a thread in my stash that matched the back so well.

For the backing I just used a Denyse Schmidt print with some Kona Pomegranate to bring it up to size, then bound it with Kona Berry. The finished size of this quilt is approximately 40" by 50", perfect for a little tummy time!