Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Baby M.'s Quilt


Some of you may remember this quilt I made last summer for my cousin who had recently gotten married. Well, guess what? Now she and her husband are expecting a baby in May so of course I wanted to make them a quilt. I think I have around 20 first-cousins on my mom's side of the family and as far as I know, Taryn is the only one with an interest in sewing. My mom taught her to quilt a few years ago, and it is fun to make gifts for someone who you know will appreciate them. 

Yellow/grey Chevron

I first got the idea for this quilt from a picture, I believe on Instagram, that Megan of Canoe Ridge Creations had shared. She was showing a quilt of hers that was being featured in an upcoming issue of Quilty Magazine. Just a few days later, I saw that Quilt Dad had written a tutorial for a similar quilt on the Art Gallery Fabrics blog. That pretty much sealed the deal, so I started pulling all the grey and yellow fabrics I had since those are the colors in Taryn's nursery. 

Yellow/grey, close

I was so excited when I found this yellow dotty fabric at JoAnn. I went there searching for backing and honestly didn't expect to find one that I wanted, but this was perfect! It is from the latest DS Prints line, a very pretty shade of yellow with small grey dots all over. I'm even thinking of making a little dress for Jill with my leftovers. I only quilted in the solid white (Kona Bone, actually) areas of the quilt, making various chevron shapes in each one. Honestly, I'm not that impressed with the way it looks but it wasn't bad enough for me to rip it out. The binding is a great charcoal-grey Confetti Dot by Dear Stella. 

Chevrons on deck

I won't be able to go to Taryn's baby shower next month, but soon enough this little quilt will be winging it's way to Iowa. Hopefully, it will get there before the baby does! 

19 comments:

  1. Love those colors! You have been super productive!

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  2. I have recently fallen in love with the gray and yellow combination! Maybe it is popular right now! Very cute quilt!

    I love making things for those who you know will appreciate it. I have several friends having babies this year and want to make them something so badly, but it is hard sometimes when you know they can do it themselves. :)

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  3. This is such a lovely combo. You did a lovely job ; )

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  4. I love this quilting!!! I think its perfect for it. Gorgeous quilt as well, i've got this pattern bookmarked. Thats 2 for 2 of yours I want to try, quit showing such pretty quilts.. I vaguely remember you saying 3 finishes though, which means i'm doomed. :)

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  5. thats 2 quilts right? one looks like grey and yellow and another blue and yellow, it's really CUTE!

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  6. love the pattern! the yellow & grey is such a refreshingly different color scheme for a baby :)

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  7. I love yellow and grey so much! what a great baby quilt!

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  8. Another awesome baby quilt. You're on a roll!

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  9. Very sweet! Cute little dotty backing too!

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  10. What a great gift and I love those colours

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  11. Your official status is now: On a roll!! This is another beauty Toni.

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  12. It looks great, and glad to hear it will be so appreciated :o)

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  13. I think it looks beautiful, and the quilting is just right xxx

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  14. it's really adorable!! I think I am really getting hooked on the yellow/grey combo - it's so cool!

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  15. I love this little quilt! The design and the colors are just great, what a sweet gift!

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  16. I love this quilt -- the yellow and grey is pretty! And I think the way you quilted it is super cool! I seriously doubt I'd ever have enough patience to do all the wrestling and turning for that.

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  17. I love this pattern and color combo. Really beautiful quilt!
    AmandaK@whatthebobbin

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