baby quilt

I have just finished this baby quilt. Its made from lovely soft cotton from Susie Watson Designs in Malborough. 

I have machine quilted the top two layers around each square, backed with fine calico and then tied quilted that layer with the top and wadding. It has a very snuggly feeling :)

thick weave cotton

On our way back from Devon we stopped off at Marlborough which is a lovely town in Wiltshire. There is a Susie Watson designs shop there where I bought some lovely thick weave cotton squares I think they may make a baby quilt....

www.susiewatsondesigns.co.uk

Cath Kidston baby quilt...finished

A couple of posts back I began my Cath Kidston baby quilt. I used a different method of binding, I machine quilted the top and wadding then added the backing which is made of white brushed cotton,right sides facing, then stitched around the edged leaving a gap at the bottom, big enough to turn the right side out.  

 

 I snipped the corners off making them less bulky when turning them 

I turned it right side out

 I pinned around the edges, tucking in the gap that I had left open

I then top stitched close to the edge and then stitched another row about 1" from the edge

I know I saw this method somewhere but cant find where...it may have been at www.redpepperquilts.com if not, this is still a great site to visit!

Cath Kidston baby quilt

I had a great time in Devon with the grandchildren. It was lovely to do some school things which I never got to do with the twins while I was working in school as I was only able to visit during  school holidays. But this time I got to visit the twins' new school...it is lovely with a new eco friendly built building, lots of great outdoor activities and a toddler group on Monday mornings which is linked with nursery and reception class so Gilby gets to share some time there with the girls...not that they are particularly interested as they are busy playing 'chase'!

I was also able to visit Gilby's music group with him which was really good fun and it seemed he enjoyed having Mummy and Grandma all to himself :)

I have just started on the Cath Kidston baby quilt. I am going to use a 'new to me' method of layering and binding on this quilt. I wish I could find the link where I found this idea. I have printed off the actual method but didn't write the blog where I found it. Sorry. I will photograph and post the method as I go along. So far I have just joined and ironed the squares and cut out wadding and backing which is lovely, soft, white brushed cotton or as some call it, flannel. 

Baby Quilt

I have just finished the baby quilt using Moda bella Solids. Really nice to use and the colours are stronger than they look in these photo's. I backed with plain white cotton fabric and the border is in a lovely fine calico. I used pale grey quilting thread to hand quilt the individual squares and border.

baby Quilt

I have just put together these Moda Solids to top a baby quilt. I am planning on backing with white fabric and hand quilting with grey coloured thread. Not sure about the binding yet.

Baby Quilt

We have just had a new baby  join our extended family, Levi James has been born to our daughter in laws sister and her husband. Both their sets of parents are good friends of ours too so there is a new grandchild is in the midst! 

Look here to see a post about the families

http://finelinenandpurple.blogspot.com/2009/09/inlaws-day.html

I waited to find out the sex then went through my stash. I had fabric left over from Gilby's quilt and other fabric that goes well together. I used lilac Toile de Jouy for the backing and 100% cotton batting.

I have just recently used the 505 basting spray on a quilt I am making for myself which worked really well but decided not to use it on a baby quilt as I am not sure if it gives off any fumes or not.

I have just booked on a course to learn to use a walking foot in quilting, It sort of went against the grain as I love to hand quilt, but sometimes its just good to get the job done. However, with this little quilt I will get the needle and quilting thread out and enjoy myself putting it all together

Quilts for new Grandson

Some time back my daughter sent me the link to a quilt she wanted me to make for her new baby, it was made of natural coloured linen and quilted with embroidery silks, just making small crosses in different colours spead across the linen fabric. Its quite an old fashioned design and the photo's dont really capture it too well. I also wanted to make him a patchwork quilt which is picured after the linen quilt and I mentioned in my last post. I never really know how to bind quilts well so I went on you tube and found a good clip and I am pleased with the outcome

This is the link for the You Tube clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buCKs-Fgvb4

In the two following photo's he is wrapped in one of the quilts that I made for the twins

Below he is lying on the linen quilt

Grandson and his quilt

Here's a couple more photo's of the new grandson...still awaiting confirmation on his name.

Also the quilt I am making for him. I did make a linen quilt that my daughter chose with crosses sewn on with embroidery silks, but wanted to make a patchwork one too so it is below but not yet completed. I will post it again when done. I bought the fabric which is stars and stripes with some boats in the middle a few years back in South Africa, saving it until I had a special project to make. I  made it into one big log cabin block which I saw as a baby quilt in Martha Stewarts

Living magazine

Baby Quilt

We have a couple of babies due in church soon as well as a new grandchild due this week. I have just made this baby quilt for a baby shower tomorrow. I have had the fabric a few years waiting for the right project. Its a Kaffe Fassett piece, I decided that as it is so nice I wouldnt cut it up but just quilt every three rows of design. I like to put odd pieces and unusual colours together to see how they turn out, I used a striped Laura Ashley piece to back the quilt and cotton wadding.

Baby Quilt

The daughter of some friends of ours has just given birth to her first child so I made this baby quilt for her. I decided to use up fabric that I had already, some of which I have had for years.