The last 10 days have been pretty busy due to some self-imposed deadlines. One of these was to complete the baby quilt for one of my work colleagues.
After completing the patchwork, I added the batting and backing before doing some simple rows of straight stitching to quilt it and the final step was to add the binding which I finished by hand.
Here is the end result.
And a very happy mum-to-be (holding the quilt doubled over).
About 3 weeks ago I wrote about starting to prepare the fabric squares to make a baby quilt for a work colleague.
This project was set aside for a couple of weeks while I concentrated on the Boomerang bags but in the last few days I made some real progress.
I needed 180 squares and here they are all cut out and sorted in preparation for sewing.
Each block consists of 9 squares sewn together and then cut into 4 squares which are turned, re-arranged and sewn back together. Unfortunately, I do not have any photos of the step-by-step process.
The next step is to arrange the finished blocks and finally, sew them all together.
Today I finished the patchwork.
All of the fabric has been gifted or thrifted. I need to buy some batting and then assemble the quilt. I have a dark pink sheet which I bought from an op shop some time ago that I intend to use for the backing. I will make the binding from a doona cover that belonged to one of my granddaughters. It will match some of the fabric used in the patchwork.
While it is far from perfect, I know that it will be loved and appreciated.
Tonight I pulled out some fabric which I have set aside for patchwork. In one of my previous fits of organising, I decided to precut some 5 inch squares. These are stored in bags and are sorted by colour. Any pieces of fabric which are destined to be patchwork squares are also in the bags. You can see them here on the third shelf.
I am going to make a baby quilt for one of my work colleagues who is due in a couple of months. Since she knows she is having a girl, I decided to use some of the pink fabric along with a bit of purple and green.
These are some of the squares already cut.
Some of the other fabric waiting to be cut up.
The pattern I will using is called Disappearing 9 patch. It is simple yet effective in my opinion. You can read about it in more detail here.
I am inspired to get started on it seriously and hope to do so on the weekend. My sewing machine has been serviced and I picked it up this afternoon so now there is nothing holding me back.
organised castle 