Baby quilt finish for Callum

Last week Saturday we held a shower for a young Mom in our Church who had her first baby.  I found an animal fabric in my stash and decided to try out my Marti Michell flying geese template that I bought a number of years ago at a shop hop.  It worked very well for this.  Here is the finished quilt: 

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I quilted it with straight lines on my straight stitch Juki machine and that worked out very well.

I was happy with the way this quilt turned out.  I didn't have a pattern.  If I make this design again, I will shorten the two center panels of animals by an inch or so and add to the top and bottom to balance it out a bit better.  But the baby won't notice a thing so I left it 😍.

 

Two Wedding Quilts and a Baby Quilt

FIRST WEDDING QUILT  

In the last couple of months, I've finished two wedding quilts and a baby quilt.  Veronica and Logan received a bright scrappy quilt that is called "Shattered Angles" and was designed by Susan Purney Mark.  I was signed up to take a workshop with her years ago when I was a member of the London Friendship Guild.  Fortunately I bought the book from her at our meeting Thursday evening as the next morning we had a major snowstorm and I couldn't make it in!  I followed the instructions in the book and started on it.  Years later, I finished the top and found backing for it and it sat in a basket for a few more years.  It is finally finished :-).

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The finished quilt.

A better photo of the colours.  Here you can also see the quilting by Chris Bogart.

The backing was an older Kaffe Fassett print which matched nicely.

 

 

 

ANOTHER WEDDING QUILT 

The next quilt was for Shaylynn and Caleb who got married a week later!  Shaylynn works in a flower shop so I thought perhaps flowers and maybe houses.  I played around with some patterns and settled on tulips and houses.

I used some fun prints for the doors and the houses were all done in black and grey prints.

I had just enough pink to add a few pink tulips among the yellow ones.

Here you can see the lovely butterfly quilting that my friend Chris Bogart used to quilt it.

The finished quilt

I had this grey fabric which worked great for the backing.  

 

 

 

 

 BABY QUILT

I made this baby quilt for the daughter of a friend of mine who had her first baby recently.  The pattern is "Ring Toss" by Swirly Girls.

  

I quilted this one myself with little loops around the rings

and some back and forth lines in the borders

I chose the colours for the rings from this giraffe fabric and it was bound with a grey binding.

Another Baby quilt

 I finished and delivered another baby quilt last week for baby Brynlee!  It matched the baby room perfectly.  Don't you love it when that happens? The pattern is "Through the Looking Glass" designed by Sarah Price from ItsSewEmma. 

I had some of this baby forest animals fabric left in my stash and it was perfect for this quilt

Simple straight line quilting suits this pattern and gives it a modern vibe

I found this backing fabric in my stash and it's from a totally different designer but matched perfectly. 

 

Jamie and Deniece's baby quilt

 My nephew and his wife came to visit us awhile ago and I had leftovers from another quilt from these jelly roll strips so I finished this baby quilt for them.

The print is like a Little Red Riding Hood theme

I quilted it with simple loops

I had enough yardage left to put together a backing and a binding

Christopher's Canadian baby quilt

Last year our Church sponsored a refugee family and they just had a baby boy recently.  We were including her in the shower, which unfortunately had to be canceled, even though it's her second baby 👶.  It's a first Canadian baby.   

I found this Canadian panel in my stash with some fabric in the same line and thought this would be perfect for the Canadian born baby.  We delivered the quilt to them last weekend as well and had a lovely little visit with Roza and their 4 year old daughter Christina, half in English and half in her language.   

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The panels were a lot of fun.  I cut them apart and added the grey with white maple leafs and then added the companion print to the top and bottom.

close up of a couple of the blocks

I quilted it with wavy lines. The binding is also from this line of fabric.

I happened to have a stuffed bambi in my gift stash and wrapped it up for Christina.  She was thrilled with her little yellow gift bag!

Baby quilt for Aria

Our Church ladies always host a baby shower for first babies.  The shower was scheduled at the end of March and of course with this virus, that had to be canceled.  So, we delivered the quilt personally this past weekend and had a lovely little porch visit as well☺.

This quilt was for Becky's baby Aria.  I had picked up the bunny rabbit fabric awhile ago at a local quilt shop.  I was going to put the white rabbit fabric (on the back) on the front of the quilt, but accidentally cut the brown!  I was worried that it was too strong, but once the binding was on, it looked great and it was probably a happy mistake :-).  I quilted it with straight lines which seemed to suit this pattern.  I used up most of the fabric in the back as well.  (Click on the photo for a larger view.)

Pattern is Through the Looking Glass by It's Sew Emma

Back of the quilt

Ashley's Baby quilt

This quilt was made for my niece Ashley's baby boy.  Fortunately we had a shower for her before the lock down happened.  We haven't been able to visit the baby, but at least he has his quilt 😍

The finished quilt.  This was a panel which I cut apart and framed with solids in the colours that matched the backing fabric.

It was quilted in simple wavy lines

These animals are just so adorable

The backing is a companion print to the panel which I found in different shops.

animals in the forest

Three Baby quilts finished

Last month there were two showers for new babies.  I was only able to attend one of them, but passed on the other quilt to the new baby's aunt to add to the gifts at the shower.  

The first baby quilt was for Allison and John's new baby, Taylor.  I had picked up a kit at The Quilt Kitchen in Exeter in the spring.  I had to cut the striped fabric along the short side of the FQ's to make the stripes go across the strips instead of lengthwise.  I did have more fabric of three of the stripes, and managed to make the fourth one work with leftover pieces.  It love the way it turned out...happy 😀.  

The finished quilt

I quilted this one with diagonal lines along the seams

Found a Tula Pink backing for it which had all the colours in it.

The second quilt was the last of the One Block Wonder quilts using the Dr. Suess book panel.  The other two quilts can be seen here and here.  This one was for Leda and Mike's baby, Colton.  Leda can read Spanish so I managed to find "Green Eggs and Ham" in Spanish to add to the gift.

 

The original panel

The finished quilt

This one was quilted with straight lines across the quilt

Loved the individual blocks that came out of the hexagons

Backing

The last quilt was for Caroline and Kyle's baby, Callie.  I had this top finished already.  It was a free pattern off the internet and I've made it a few times and went back to credit the pattern designer and cannot find it anywhere.  I tried searching by photo and it matches colours of the fabrics, but not the pattern.  If I ever find it again, I will add the credit!  If you purchase enough length of the two solid fabrics, you can make two quilts at a time...bonus.  You can see the opposite quilt, plus another colour way of the same pattern here.  

Finished quilt

I quilted it all over with a floral pattern on my vintage Bernina 830.

Backing with a matching Kaffe Fassett fabric

Elephant baby quilt

As usual, I'm behind in my blogging LOL.  This quilt was made for a shower a few months back for my niece Becky, who was having a baby girl.  Since our town is known for Jumbo, and Becky was born there, it was appropriate to make an elephant quilt.  this pattern is adapted from Sew Fresh Quilts sew along from a few years back. 

The finished quilt

Mommy and Daddy

..and baby

Found the perfect backing in my stash 😀

Dr. Suess baby quilt - February UFO Finish

The second Dr. Suess one block wonder quilt from the panel below was finished this week and delivered to a new baby at his shower on Thursday :-).  This was definitely a very fun quilt to work on.  I quilted it with diagonal lines 1/4" away from the seams which worked very well.  The seams are all pressed open on these OBW quilts so you don't want to stitch in the ditch. I am linking up with The Crafty Quilter for her February UFO challenge.

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original panel produced enough hexagons for 3 baby quilts

close up of the quilting lines

Finished quilt

I had a Dr. Suess fabric in my stash which worked great for the backing.