Wednesday, January 18, 2012

A birthday quilt

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She’s nearly one, that girl of ours. And so her birthday was decidedly the perfect time to venture into the new territory of quilting. It’s a slippery slope, isn’t it?  While I was surrounded with measurements and fabrics strips and tags, all I could think was, I want to quilt everything. 

The front is entirely from fabric  I already had {minus the pink back}.  My thought was if it didn’t turn out, no real loss, just practice, and I’d pick buy more and make a new one.  Except the thing is, I love every combination.  I love how the strips from past projects come together in celebration of her first year.

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My most favorite part is above on the left, the strips ended up being too short and I added the red polka dots to the end, and like magic, it was perfect.  The Traveler quilt pattern is from Little Things to Sew, from Oliver +s, and my project for the sew along this month.

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In other news: Something to read.  Something to bake.

6 comments:

  1. YAY! This came out incredibly cute. It's perfect! I love the fabric combos and your quilting and binding look so great. Total slippery slope :)

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  2. I love quilting! My grandmother used to belong to a quilting club and during the summer, I would be up there with her as well every Tuesday and Thursday, quilting away. Although, when I was little, they made me quilt with red thread instead of the white that they used so, in case I messed up, they could see it more easily to remove. There are quilts all over that have my red stitches on them. :)

    You did a fantastic job! I love it!

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  3. LOVE IT! Fun to see this quilt as something completely different from that in the book--- but just as lovely!

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  4. Love the quilt! Nicely done! Maybe we live close, and you could do one for me?!

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  5. Beautiful! What a wonderful way to commemorate a birthday.

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