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| New Baby Quilt: 32 x 40 inches |
The Modern Quilt Guild was given small pieces of fabric from a
Michael Miller quilt fabric company's line called
Petal Pinwheels. Five fat eights came in each set to make something quilted for a chance to win a years worth of fabric samples from the company for 3 winners. I used four pieces of the fabric plus two solids in pale silver gray & Curacao turquoise and a yard of orange Michael Miller tiny gingham purchased in a quilt shop.
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| by hand my embroidered label |
The finished quilt is 40 x32 inches and perfect for a new baby. I used my singer feather weight to piece together randomly the challenge fabrics in 8 inch half square triangles with the solids and plaid as my base neutrals. This spread the special fabric as far as possible while trying not to loose the big printed designs hopefully with a modern feel. Then for the last guild meeting I made a embroidery label and turned it into an oval. I like how the curves look on all those hard edges and angles. The quilting is zig zag to match the 45º angles of the half square triangles set in alternating rows. Naturally I used the orange plaid as my binding to bring out the oranges in these patterns.
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| the back used remainders for a simple construction and an oval label |
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| zig zag quilting detail |
Now I need to find a baby who needs a blanket! Maybe this one is to be donated for the
100 quilts for kids project that comes along later this year.
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