Monday, March 11, 2013

Baby Steps Quilt

I'm not quite sure how this has happened, but I have three finished baby quilts to share. So here's the first: 

Baby Steps quilt

I made this quilt for some really good friends of ours that are expecting a little boy in April. I'm quite sure that their little guy is going to have a good bit of John Deere in his life so I decided to stick with those colors. Before Roger even knew who the quilt was for, he remarked that he was glad to see me using such a good color scheme. 

Baby Steps, close

For the most part, I just used single prints for each block, but there are a few composed of various scraps and I really think those are my favorites. For the quilting, I first went about 1/4" inside each seam of the white. Then, I just made zigzags at random widths, following the path of the blocks. Super easy and quick! 

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 I used one of the newer Denyse Schmidt plaids from JoAnn for the backing, and this navy Joel Dewberry herringbone for the binding. I had a bit of a hard time choosing what color binding I wanted, but I'm on a bit of a navy kick lately. Once I realized that I had enough of this print I went with it, and am so glad that I did. 

Baby Steps at Goose Pond

I think I said earlier that I was inspired by this quilt by The Girl Who Quilts. It is a quick top to put together and zigzags are always fun, right? I know there are about a thousand tutorials out there for various zigzag quilts, but I am considering making one for this. Anyone interested? While that is honestly something I never thought I would do, I have used more than my fair share of free tutorials that generous quilters and sewists have put out there, so I kind of feel like doing one is a way to return the favor. Even if no one uses it. Does that make any sense? 

***Linking up with Heather and Megan at Quilt Story for Fabric Tuesday***

Fresh Poppy Design

20 comments:

  1. so gorgeous!! the colour scheme is so fresh and happy and I love the binding too!! I would use a tutorial for it so I vote yes please!!

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  2. I think the binding is fabulous! (along with the rest of the quilt) I love the orange and green-- it's happy and joyful without being girly. Perfect!

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  3. It looks brilliant!
    I love tutorials, even if I don't follow them to a T, they spark ideas and ways of doing things, so yes please xxx

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  4. both the color scheme & pattern of this quilt are fantastic! I would love it if you would make a tutorial for it :)

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  5. Beautiful quilt - the son of a friend of ours also loved "John Deere" when he was younger so the yellow and green is perfect for a boy.

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  6. I love it. It is so cheery and fresh. And I love the binding.

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  7. Fun! I also like the John Deer colors. :)

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  8. I want a tutorial!! I like the scrappy blocks thrown in, super cute

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  9. Very nice!! I love the ziggy zaggy look.

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  10. Such a cute quilt! Love that some of the blocks are more pieced than others.

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  11. Very cute! I am collecting ideas for ziggy quilts and would love to know your process. Thanks for sharing!

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  12. 1. LOVE this quilt as you know.
    2. I agree that the best parts are the patchwork areas.
    3. Definitely do the tutorial! I totally agree that free tutorials are where it's at. I'd read it.
    4. I don't know why--but I love giving you bullet listed comments... ;)

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  13. Darling quilt & I think it would be great for you to do a tutorial! I've only done a few, but each has great fun as I see people use it, etc.

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  14. So cute! Love the colour scheme.

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  15. How fun! I love that it's a John Deere quilt without being a "John Deere" quilt, you know?

    And, yes, please. A tutorial would be great!

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  16. Very cute! I've been so into baby quilts lately. In fact, my dGS will be the first non-baby quilt in a very long time!

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  17. Lol at the John Deere colour scheme! It looks great though :o)

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  18. It's beautiful Toni - I love the color palette, the design, the quilting - so springlike!!

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  19. I would love a tutorial! Such a cute quilt...

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