Alisa wrote:
As I was finishing up the baby quilt I made in January 2020 I found out that a good friend was becoming a first-time Grandma to a little boy. It seemed like a no-brainer to use the same fabric collection to make another tiny quilt as a gift.
I used a leftover charm pack, Delfina Single Scoops by Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts for Andover Fabric and ordered up yardage of Confetti Blue Moon, Spots Navy and Ladybug Ivory from the same collection to have on hand for the borders, backing and binding.
I didn't really have a plan in mind for the quilt, so I started by dividing the charm pack into color groups - light blue, medium blue, dark blue, tan and cream and made a bunch of half-square triangles using the lightest color as the constant in all of the blocks.
Once I had 64 of these blocks I started trying out different designs on my design board. I tortured both quilter and non-quilter friends with requests for feedback. Decisions were always split. Looking back I quite like some of these...
I decided on flying-geese blocks and turned my attention to arranging and sewing the top together.
For this baby quilt, I decided to make it a bit bigger than the last one (a teeny 34" square) by adding a border in the Spots Navy fabric. I cut the top and bottom at 4.5-inches wide and the sides at 2.5-inches to get my square top into a more useful rectangle shape.
I had decided to back and bind the quilt in the Ladybug Ivory, but neglected to read the packing slip and realized too late that I only had a single yard so instead I continued the navy border fabric onto the back. I purchased a crib-size batt of Fairfield Quilter's 80/20 and used the COVID-19 curbside service at Jo-Ann Fabrics to pick it up.
Once I had the sandwich pin-basted, I started thinking about how to quilt the project. I pulled out my new iPad Pro and Apple Pencil and got busy using the Edit-Markup feature in the Photos app to draw out quilting options. I congratulated myself on finding a critical new use for the new tech, until I realized you can do the exact same thing on your iPhone with your finger. Either way, try it!
I decided on an all-over diamond pattern and had the quilting done in less than an hour. Then I turned my attention to prepping binding and making a storage bag for the quilt from my favorite tutorial by Sew Very Easy.
My Mom volunteered to sew on the binding -- probably because I complain endlessly about it!
I love how the finished quilt turned out. And, I even got it in the mail before the baby arrived.
Update: She liked it!
As I was finishing up the baby quilt I made in January 2020 I found out that a good friend was becoming a first-time Grandma to a little boy. It seemed like a no-brainer to use the same fabric collection to make another tiny quilt as a gift.
I didn't really have a plan in mind for the quilt, so I started by dividing the charm pack into color groups - light blue, medium blue, dark blue, tan and cream and made a bunch of half-square triangles using the lightest color as the constant in all of the blocks.
Once I had the sandwich pin-basted, I started thinking about how to quilt the project. I pulled out my new iPad Pro and Apple Pencil and got busy using the Edit-Markup feature in the Photos app to draw out quilting options. I congratulated myself on finding a critical new use for the new tech, until I realized you can do the exact same thing on your iPhone with your finger. Either way, try it!
Update: She liked it!
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