Yay! A quilt finish for today! I've known for some time that my two
older kids' violin teacher was expecting. As I finished up various baby
quilts over the past few months, I just figured one would go to her.
Well, about 3 weeks ago I asked how they were decorating for the baby,
knowing that they weren't finding out the gender. She told me
'turquoise and yellow, adding bright pink if its a girl or orange for a
boy'. I decided that none of my finishes quite figured into those
requirements, so I'd start from scratch.
I started by pulling all my turquoise and yellow prints. Noting that she DID NOT want pastels. Hm. And then I thought for a while as I tried to work on yesterday's finish. Then this block came up on my calendar, and I thought it was perfect! What better ways to highlight the yellow than stars! Easy Stars!
So I used my EQ7 program to mock up a potential quilt. Eventually deciding that I wanted the yellow and the centers to be the same, but the turquoise could remain scrappy. I ended up purchasing the yellow, the center grays with the sun bursts and 5 extra fat quarters of various turquoise.
I just stitched in the ditch to outline the stars and free motion quilted around them. Trying not to get too dense with the quilting, since this is a baby quilt! Above and below are shots of the back.
Above and below here are the front.
I used a variety of thread on this project. It was pieced using yellow and grey Aurifil. Quilted on the front with Master Piece and Sulky Variegated 'Peacock'. The bobbin thread was a blue/turquoise Aurifil.
I went ahead and pieced in the leftovers into the back of the quilt.
Unfortunately, lessons were cancelled yesterday, so I wasn't able to give it to her in person. I will pop it into the mail this week.
Finished Size: 46" x 46"
Quilted on my home machine with Sulky, Aurifil and Masterpiece threads
Pellon natural cotton batting
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12 comments:
The colors in your quilt are beautiful as is your quilting.
Fun to see your design process.
Great bright, cheerful colors. Love the quilt square star design, too.
I love the pattern you used for the quilting-- and the blocks on the back make it as nice as the front-What a lucky baby!
I love your FMQ pattern--kind of a flowery-type pattern that is just terrific. The whole quilt is wonderful. I like the idea of making a quilt that could be for either--like we used to do in the OLD days!
Well done, Rachel. Really, very cool!
Elizabeth E.
Rachel, I just love this quilt - the stars pop and it's just comforting!
You're getting very good at free motion quilting, clever girl! I thought it must have been long armed, but you did it yourself! Well done. I think she will love it for her baby.
Love your quilt, so much longer lasting than baby pastels :)
the quilting is amazing! the whole thing reminds me of van gogh's starry night!
wow i love this quilt!
You're right, the turquoise is perfect to tone down the yellow just right. Love how you've used the leftovers in the backing!
A beautiful quilt for a new baby. I love the color combinations.
Exquisitely done! Great job!
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