baby quilt no 2

this is the second baby quilt. the little person who this is for is yet to be born, but i have been told it will be a girl. so with this in mind, and in wanting to not make the exact same quilt twice i chose a green fabric with small white dots to go with the charm pack.



i had a day of sewing planned with a good friend of mine, and in that day i got the top patchwork of the quilt finished.

this is the same pattern as i used for the other quilt. it looks quite different with the green, in fact i think the green is more overpowering than when i used the black, or maybe i just relate to the black a bit better.



this is my good friend from FSF, she decided to make a skirt in the same amount of time it took me to sew together the quilt top. way to go!

the next day or two i spent quilting the layers together and binding the quilt because the baby shower was only a few days away. you can't see in the image but i decided to quilt this one by sewing around each of the squares of fabric one centimeter from the edge of the square in the green fabric areas. i have not done any quilting like this before either, and considering i don't have a walking foot for my machine i think it turned out well. i think i need to buy a walking foot if i am going to keep quilting.

this is the backing fabric, again from the wee woodlands range, the same range the squares on the front are from. i love the brown with the pink and yellow and orange colours.

i think that is why i liked the wee woodlands fabric so much. the colours weren't too primary and offensive like most kids things are.

i chose a pink stripey fabric for the binding, i love the idea of using a stripey fabric for the binding, i just think it is the best effect with the stripes wrapping around the quilt.

and as you can tell from the photos it is autumn here. the days are getting shorter and it is getting cooler at nights. but for now during the day it is still sunny and warm.

now all i need is my next quilting project. not sure what that will be yet.