To be perfectly honest, I don’t even know who I am anymore?? It seems that since I’ve taken the pressure off myself to produce work for the masses, inspiration has returned along with my sewjo! So much so, I have another finish to show you…
Last week, friends of ours announced the arrival of their first child – a baby boy, Blake. I still get excited about the births of babies, and after the new Mummy – Sarah – had commented that she loved my last baby quilt, I decided to grab out the leftovers of those prints and made a SUPER quick quilt.
Keeping in line with my recent addiction to cross quilts, I made eight cross blocks (at 6 inches each) and then popped them in to a great little formation. And then surrounded it with the same charcoal shot cotton (from Spotty) and Voila! One very happy little quilt top!
I kept the quilting super simple too, but also added in some free motion quilting of little Blake’s name! Aurifil thread for the win again 😉
I’ve had this Sarah Jane print patiently waiting for the perfect project, and it looks fabulous backing this quilt.
It ended up measuring around 40″ x 45″ (I can’t remember exactly as I wrapped it straight up and posted it!) and is literally the perfect little person’s quilt to see him through his early childhood.
So, there you have it! Happy quilting!
Great quilt! I’m in love. Can you tell me more about the thread used to quilt his name? What weight is it? Do you quilt on a domestic machine? Just curious. I love following your work.
Hey Camille. The thread is 40wt Aurifil. I also use 28 and 12wt threads if I have the right colours, always ensuring I have a 40wt in the bobbin with those. I either write out the name in erasable fabric pen or print out in a font i like then trace it on. Then FMQ over it 🙂
SO precious. I never get tired of making cross quilts.