A Welcome Finish…Baby Quilt

Yesterday I finished the baby quilt that I was making. Despite the sewing machine misbehaving during the quilting of this quilt, it has been a quick and fun project to do.

I decided that as the quilt colours are so subtle that I would use a brighter orange irregular striped fabric for the border.

A reel of lovely binding

 Below is a photo showing how the binding picks up the orange on the wee mice. I like this fabric as the stripes aren't regular, but are a mixture of wider and smaller irregular lines.

Binding ready to go

 Please note that I used Susan's idea of storing the binding on a finished cotton reel. I quilted a 1/4" either side of the seams and I like the effect that this gives.

A finish!

I am really pleased with how this quilt turned out. It is not your usual blue boy baby quilt and that pleases me. I will now have to wait to see if E's parents also like it.

Baby quilt for E

Statistics

Size - 45" x 54"

Fabric - Heather Ross  Nursery Versery, Kona natural and a grey plain. 

Binding -  an orange strip

I thought that I would also show you what I saw out of my bedroom window at 9.30pm last night. I have seen the geese around but didn't realise how many goslings there were. This was taken with a long lens.

Di x