{following on from yesterday's post...}
Our neighbour's grandson needed a quilt too. Whilst Orla, who is 3, clearly loves yellow, Hugo who isn't yet a year, hasn't yet expressed such a preference. So we took the safe option and went for blues and greens.
This time we started with a backing fabric, which we picked up in Harrogate (at the back in the above photo). It was a lovely ombre fabric from light blue to dark blue, dark green and light green. I mached the fabrics for the front to these colours, and ended up with quite a small colour palette, to which I added a pop of red.
I used the same setting as his sister's quilt, but the fifteen blocks are all different. The blue sashing and negative space is Kona Copen, and I used the same fabric to bind it. Here you can see both quilts together pre-binding. I quilted it with the same 30/60 degree cross hatch as the yellow quilt.
Here you can see the backing, and the fundamental error I made when planning the quilt. The extra strip of the blue from the front wasn't planned, and meant I had to place a second order to buy fabric to bind it! Whoops!
The finished quilt is 40" x 48" - perfect for a toddler.
This is a Finish Along finish - you can find my original list here.
Our neighbour's grandson needed a quilt too. Whilst Orla, who is 3, clearly loves yellow, Hugo who isn't yet a year, hasn't yet expressed such a preference. So we took the safe option and went for blues and greens.
This time we started with a backing fabric, which we picked up in Harrogate (at the back in the above photo). It was a lovely ombre fabric from light blue to dark blue, dark green and light green. I mached the fabrics for the front to these colours, and ended up with quite a small colour palette, to which I added a pop of red.
I used the same setting as his sister's quilt, but the fifteen blocks are all different. The blue sashing and negative space is Kona Copen, and I used the same fabric to bind it. Here you can see both quilts together pre-binding. I quilted it with the same 30/60 degree cross hatch as the yellow quilt.
Here you can see the backing, and the fundamental error I made when planning the quilt. The extra strip of the blue from the front wasn't planned, and meant I had to place a second order to buy fabric to bind it! Whoops!
The finished quilt is 40" x 48" - perfect for a toddler.
This is a Finish Along finish - you can find my original list here.
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