Sweet Dreams: a Baby Quilt

One of G's directresses (they're not called teachers in Montessori) is expecting her first baby, due in September. About a week before the end of school, Kevin reminded me that a quilt for Ms Cindy should be on The List. It's a good thing he did - I had her due date of September in mind, completely forgetting that - duh - we likely wouldn't be seeing her once school was done.

So the race was on. I had cut a bunch of my 30s reproduction scraps into 5" charms using Krista's Go!Baby cutter (fun!) so this project was super fast to put together. I really like 30s repro fabrics for baby quilts - they're really sweet and I think they read as gender neutral much of the time.

Surrounded in dappled sunlight in the courtyard

It's smallish - 45" square - so it will be useful for playing on, or for tucking into a stroller.

Aren't those doggies adorable?

For the quilting, I simply FMQd big loopy loops, one in each square - I really wanted this quilt to stay soft and cuddly.

The back is an upcycled/thrifted Ikea crib duvet cover that wasn't quite wide enough so I added a strip of patchwork, and I quite like the effect! The binding is all done by machine. First time for me attaching it to the back and then flipping it to the front and stitching it down using a presser foot with a centre seam guide (ditch sewing?). It was a great way of doing it - I may invest in an even-feed version of that in-the-ditch foot.

This is NOT one of my 2013 FAL goal projects, but it was fast and fun to do. I found out after we had gifted it to her that Ms Cindy had been hoping I would make her a quilt. Now I'm *extra* glad Kevin reminded me!