Ruby Baby Quilt Finish

 Yay!  Another Quilt Finish!
This baby quilt is for a friend who is expecting a little girl around the same time I am expecting.  Last year I made a hexagon quilt for the baby's big sister (see it here).

 A week or two ago I posted a picture of all the Ruby scraps I was able to pull together to see what I could come up with for a matching quilt.  I did get lucky, and my LQS had two bolts of Ruby left on the clearance rack, the pink and white scallops and the small roses print.  The white is a tonal print.

 The back is flannel, and as it turns out, a Christmas Print!  Fresh Fallen Snow by Kris Lammers and Maywood Studio.  It is really close, though, to the original Ruby swirl print, and oh, so snuggly.

When I sat down I wasn't entirely sure how I was going to quilt it, I ended up doing all stitch in the ditch, to show off the piecing.  Also, this quilt never would have gotten done so quickly if Mr. Riley and 'Papa' hadn't taken (all four!) kids camping overnight.  I got all the quilting done in one night, and all the binding the next day, thanks to rainy day thunderstorms.

The facts:
54" x 54" finished size.
Fabrics: Ruby, Maywood Studio and white tonal.
Batting: Pellon Natural Cotton
Thread: Pieced with neutral Aurifil, quilted with Gutermann white and Superior Bottom Line in bobbin.  Bound with pink Aurifil.

Ruby Baby Quilt

In an attempt to Finish Things and generally Clean Up Around Here - I put this baby quilt together with most of my left over Ruby fabrics.

  Three inch blocks in a random pattern.  Three three-inch borders to make it big enough for a baby girl.

 I used my left over Ruby flannel and also some flannel from Joann's and the Windows quilt to finish off the back.  I also bound this one in flannel.  Super snugly for a babe.  It does not have a determined recipient.  I suppose the first among my friends to pop out a girl will get this one. 

Finished size is 38"x43".
 The quilting: Just some curly free motion quilting in the center, with a wave stitch along the border seams.  Once again, less quilting makes for a softer quilt.  And I ran out of thread, anyway.

 I've been trying to be more deliberate about the labels.  Bordered and applied before I did the quilting.  I figure this makes it a little more secure/permanent.  And then its not like One More Thing To Do at the end.  The down side is that it is a little more difficult to get even with the sides.  Maybe I should make round labels!