A Finish!

Finished my little baby quilt

Absolute pleasure to finish. There is something so satisfying about throwing a quilt together out of 'nothing'. I found this fabric in my stash recently and thought it was a pity to let it go to waste. You probably cannot see this, but it has basket balls in the red and green squares - I even forgot why I bought this. I also had some pre-cut squares leftover from a different project, so I did not need to go looking for additional fabric. And the binding...I have used the blue dotty binding fabric for some years by now...sets it off nicely and now I only have a little bit left. Can't believe how long some of this fabric has lasted. Backing was also sourced from the stash...just some white fabric with some pale stars on it. Perfect.
Even the wadding is bitses. Used the tape to put two pieces together and presto...done! This quilt has a lovely feel to it, as I used wool wadding which made it just the right amount of puffiness.

The quilting was done with an Aurifil 50/2 variegated pale yellow thread. Unfortunately you cannot see the colour differentiation, but I think it looks nice and just lifts the whole thing up a bit as every square is slightly different. For the quilting I went with straight lines just using the edge of my sewing foot as a guide...approx. 3/8" away from the seam. Did not go for the 1/4" echo as this would have highlighted the shadow from some of the darker fabric underneath.
I have a recipient in mind, however do not know yet whether they are having a boy or a girl, so just need to wait for a moment.

Now back to what I was actually working on...need to finish off some FMQ on another quilt.

Karin