Saturday, 6 April 2013

Mayelle and Owen's Baby quilts

I went to a baby shower last night to welcome twins into our Church family.  Of course, they both needed a quilt.  This sums up the activity here yesterday:

 

I did get both quilts done, labeled, packaged up and card written with half an hour to spare :-).  I decided to make an I spy quilt in a bit different layout for Owen:


There are lots of fun prints in this quilt and I used a solid Kona Cotton called 'kiwi' :-):






I quilted lots of straight lines into this quilt and also added a border with some of the half square triangles cut from the blocks:
 
  
For Mayelle, I decided to quilt up a Square Dance (Bits n Pieces pattern) top that I had finished a long time ago.  The colours were perfect for this little girl (sorry for the light in this photo...the colours were brighter):


I have been studying books by Angela Walters on some modern quilting techniques and figured this was a great quilt to try some different designs:





I was pleased with the way this quilt turned out and hope both these bright quilts will help entertain these little twins :-).

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7 comments:

  1. lil red hen6 April 2013 at 23:13

    Wonderful gifts!
    Do you quilt on a regular machine or a long arm machine? I recently got a new machine but haven't tried free motion quilting yet; not sure I have enough coordination.

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  2. Els7 April 2013 at 03:07

    Who is being productive!!!!!!!!!
    I really like these quilts, and the quilting you did. Awesome!
    And the solids quilt is gorgeous! So, working with solids cab give a great result.
    There is still a lot to learn for me.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Pam7 April 2013 at 07:19

    the quilts are great; you did a lovey job with the quilting!

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  4. Jacqui's Quilts7 April 2013 at 07:22

    Thanks Ladies! As usual, they were very fun to work on...I LOVE working with bright colours (in case you haven't noticed LOL). I do quilt on a regular domestic machine....a 1951 treadle for the piecing and an early 70's Bernina for free motion quilting. The free motion quilting just takes practise, practise, practise...just do it LOL.

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  5. Lakegaldonna7 April 2013 at 08:18

    Hi Jacqui

    I love the boy I spy quilt. What color thread did you use for the quilting? It's perfect. I am starting a traditional I spy with the regular hexi shape.

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  6. Jacqui's Quilts7 April 2013 at 08:46

    I used a Superior Threads Rainbows trilobal polyester 40 wt. Colour 820. It's a slightly variegated light green and has a bit of a sheen to it. For the girl's quilt I used an orange Manifico...also from Superior. Hope this helps.

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  7. Anonymous16 May 2013 at 09:38

    These are wonderful Jacqui! Tell me, are you still sewing with treadles? m.

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