2019 Finish-A-Long - Third Finish

My third finish of the first quarter of the 2019 Finish-A-Long. The very citrus looking baby quilt.

You can find my list of proposed finishes for the 2019 Finish-A-Long in this post. 

Please visit Leanne's blog She Can Quilt for more information on the Finish-A-Long. You will find  detail on how this link up works and also find the list of bloggers who are hosting this great event. The Link up for the First Quarter Finishes is on April 10th.

I used Anne Kelle's Mini Cats fabric from the Urban Zoologie range for Robert Kaufmann for this quilt. The quilt measures 36 1/2 x 42 1/2in and is one of a set of quilts that I made for the arrival of twins. You can see the colourway of the other one in this post.

For the quilting I used a simple allover continuous line pattern that I stitched out with Lisa Calle's Pro Echo 8 ruler. Simple, but very effective I think. I used my trusted Aurifil 50/2 thread for the ditch work and for the continuous lines I used a 40/3 Aurifil thread in the top. Even though it was a bit rushed, came out very nice. Now we are just waiting for those babies.

Karin

Production Line Piecing

I am on to my next baby quilt. I already constructed one quilt, then found out the couple were expecting twins, so committed to do a second one in a different colour way. Well, I thought that I have got heaps of time...expected arrival is set for April! However, as I am hearing it, those babies are in a hurry...definitely is not going to be April. The expectant mum is currently in hospital being monitored. I reckon another few weeks and they are going to be arriving.

So I had to spring into action. Nothing better than a deadline. Thankfully, my little quilt lends itself perfectly to chain-piecing. I already had all the pieces cut out and ready to go...

Making a start just piecing the triangle units together

Sure enough...did not have enough of the white triangles and needed to cut out some more. While I was at it, I also cut out my binding with the Accuquilt Go 2 1/2in Strip Cutter. Such a handy die, and saves so much time.

Finished the binding off, as I was sewing the units together, feeling super productive.

Chain-piecing in action

Making all of the units in one hit

The first block...yah!

Today I finished putting the little quilt together

2 days of straight piecing! Also found Anne Kelle's Remix fabric at one of those 'end of bolt' sales...fits this quilt top absolutely perfectly

I will put this together tomorrow and hopefully start on the ditch quilting. Then I will do the same continuous line design I did for the 'boy' quilt with my Pro Echo 8 ruler. Looking forward to this.

Hopefully I will finish this off by next week, ready for the new arrivals.

Karin