Excuse the Mess

Playing with blog design, but too tired to decide what I want after a full day of quilting.
TQ

Minky Fabric

I read all the blogs, I read the tips, but I don't like quilting on minky fabric. I think minky fabric needs to be used where there is not a lot of stitching to be done. The woman at the fabric store said she used it for baby quilt backing all the time. I should have asked her how much quilting she did on the baby quilt.

It is turning out okay, but it is tough to move and I am not getting a good free motion movement.

I do like the pattern for the top and might use it again if any more babies come through my life.

Baby Quilt 2

I am making my second baby quilt. This one is for the first grandchild of my boss due in July. Her name will be London Grace.

The backing will be out of minky. I have never worked with minky before. Should be interesting.

Baby Austin's Completed Quilt - May, 2010

FRONT



BACK

Quilting the Baby Quilt

I started quilting the baby quilt tonight. Each square is quilted and now I am quilting the diagonals across the quilt.

I really hope it turns out like the drawings I have been working on for the quilt design.

Back of Baby Quilt/Back with Top

It is hard to tell from the pictures, but the green and teal of the turtle panels match the teal and green in the geometric pattern. The binding will be from the same material in the sashing from the top.

Back

Top and Back

Baby Quilt Top Complete

This was a fun quilt to make, but a challenge for me because you don't match points, or make sure the small blocks match, etc. It is my first try at a scrappy quilt and I kept hyperventilating over the points etc. It was also very hard for me to put the blocks together without trying to make a pattern. Okay, I did throw a little bit of a pattern in, I could not help myself.

I am excited about the backing fabric and cannot wait to put it all together. Hope baby A's mom likes it.

Notice the turtles.:)

Sure wish I had a better place to take pictures. There is always a shadow on one side.