Baby Quilt: Blue and gray, stripes and plaid
I’m delivering my third baby quilt for Maggie’s Place this afternoon. The recipient of this one requested blue, gray, white, plaid, and stripes. I quilted it in wide wavy lines to soften the straight edges; the man of the the house said it reminds me of the ocean, which was nice of him to say. I also quilted down the seam of every other stripe to reinforce it a little. I ran out of the cloud-like flannel backing so added in a bit of the leftover sailboat fabric, which works with the ocean waves theme. The finished quilt is 65″ x 46″. (I’ve been making these “baby quilts” larger than traditional crib size for versatility as the babies grow.)
I enjoyed piecing this one with a new technique I hadn’t tried before that doesn’t involve much cutting. I snipped into the fabric at the edge then tore it the rest of the way with a satisfying ripping sound. (Just like they do at Mood on “Project Runway”!) Each stripe is the width of the yardage, which varied between bolts so I evened them up with my rotary cutter after I’d sewn them together. I expect to make other quilts like this again; the next one will have narrower stripes and a shorter width, maybe 35″ instead of 44″. I also have a gray-heavy stack of pre-torn strips I didn’t end up using in this one.
Ha, I just looked up from my laptop and realized this quilt matches the afghan my mom knitted for me in colors I chose before I left for college, ten years ago.
Mom replied:
Baby play group quilt, you mean (ya, I know, more versatile). Was the mom there you made it for?
I would think the strips would be way faster than squares? And look fine. Pretty soon you’ll have to make a quilt of all your left-overs! Looks great.
January 11, 2010 at 6:13 am. Permalink.
Steph replied:
I love it, the color scheme and the stitching lines remind me of the ocean. It makes me feel calm and serene, which is, I guess, a feeling any mother needs more of. 🙂
January 14, 2010 at 5:10 am. Permalink.
Mom replied:
Had to log on again, because as Steph says, the colors are very relaxing as are the wavy stitch lines- really like the combination 🙂 ahhhh peaceful.
January 16, 2010 at 7:15 am. Permalink.
Gray & blue baby quilt « Rabbit Style News replied:
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May 17, 2010 at 11:13 pm. Permalink.
thecraftypioneer replied:
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A lovely quick baby quilt.
September 2, 2012 at 3:39 am. Permalink.