The bright sunshine I’m enjoying today played havoc with taking good photos of this understated little quilt (I was just glad it wasn’t sleeting as it was yesterday). I hope you can see how delicately feminine this baby quilt is.
I ordered the floral last month, probably for a backing, but they only had half a yard left when they filled my order. The flowers are a blue-gray, with aqua centers. I paired it with this beautiful mocha colored Grunge that appears to be brushed with aqua paint. On the top I added a linen colored solid.
The back is more of the Grunge, and an aqua and mocha print. I kept the quilting pretty simple, and I love the way it turned out. I used a variegated gray Rainbows thread from Superior on the top, and Bottom Line on the bottom.
This worked up very quickly, of course, and I enjoyed every minute of working on it. Wish I knew a baby girl who needs this, but it will go into my Etsy shop.
Good luck on your finishes. Maybe you can join us this weekend for the Sports Ball Sew In on Twitter and Facebook. #SBSI
I’m linking up Finish It Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts.
He should look guilty, he was playing with an open pen on my new quilt!
The Twilters’ Hashtag Quilt is finally finished. On the Twilters! Facebook group, we exchanged wonky hashtag blocks back in the fall, in a world-wide exchange somehow coordinated by the amazing Carole. I sent twenty-four blocks and received twenty-four back, from nine states and four countries on three continents.
For the back I used a piece of fabric I had been 
This quilt is 56″ x 82″, and should be great to wrap up in during cold evenings, or whenever I need a Twilty hug! Thank you, everyone, for your beautiful blocks!
Last week I made two baby quilts that are very different from each other. While waiting for the sports fabric to arrive, I found this elephant fabric in my stash.
I rooted around and found the lavender and rick rack and lace fabrics, as well as the pink.
The backing fabric I pieced in is lavender with a large crocheted pattern.
And, in case it wasn’t sweet enough, I bound it with pink rainbow stripe.
The second quilt was for a shower for a friend’s first baby. My information about the nursery was “navy blue and sports”, so I worked from there. 
Mom is a champion softball player and Dad has played and coached lots of sports and is currently into golf, so all those made an appearance, along with the nice graphic prints. I decided on a Disappearing Four Patch design. First, I cut all the 5.5″ patched and sewed them into four-patches. I really liked the quilt just like that, but the squares were awfully large and didn’t really look very crafted or intentional. Still, the prints were very busy, so I decided to only “disappear” half of them. I really like the result.
And I love the sporty sock monkeys on the backing.
I quilted it with a variegated navy and white thread. I’m not sure if I really like it, but it’s okay. I think the thread would look better in a stipple.
I was also pleased by how the quilt matched many of the other items they received at the shower. I know it will be used.
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