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Indian Summer Baby Quilt [ a finish]

It feels like I've been doing a lot of binding this week.... I have four table runners nearly ready to share with you, I finished the baby quilt which I couldn't give away and today I have another finish!

Earlier this year I made the quilt top as part of a class at our Local Quilt Shop. The fabric was all die-cut and I pieced the whole thing in a day! The fabrics are all Art Gallery - I think this may be my first finished quilt which is 100% Art Gallery (even though most of my quilts contain a little bit...) - and it feels so soft with the cotton wadding. Four of the fabrics are from the Indian Summer range and then I added Pure Elements in Lemonade and White Linen.
Archie approved!
And then of course, the quilt top sat for a while. And then it sat for a bit longer. Until I heard that yet another friend was expecting.... so that gave me a deadline (which is fast approaching). I finally basted it a few weeks ago and decided this morning was free motion quilting morning. My machine had other ideas. After the thread had snapped six times in quick succession, I had cleaned the machine, replaced the needle, replaced the needle again, turned the machine off, eaten chocolate.... I gave up and unpicked what I had achieved - it didn't take long.

I replaced the FMQ foot with the walking foot and looked for inspiration. I chose to focus on the secondary pattern created when the blocks are joined together. And I really like it! It's different to my normal FMQ stipple and really makes the stars pop.
This is the best photo I could get to show the quilting
The whole quilt is only about 41" x 41" so fits on the width of the fabric for backing, so I picked my favourite Indian Summer print - the big bubble/circle one and then bound it in the dark teal print to frame it.

This is another tick on the Finish Along List for Q4!

she can quilt


Comments

Leanne said…
This is a really beautiful quilt, both the pattern and the colours work so nicely together. You are really rocking the finishes, good for you.

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