Its so much fun making baby quilts. Here's one I recently finished and can now post about because it should have already arrived at its intended recipient.
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- Turkish Delight - |
So this is how I test a lot of my quilt designs without too much fear of the whole project going belly up and making a complete mess of things (and of course, the expense of the quilt too, needs to be considered).
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- Strippy Bliss - |
And this is how I did it. I had a few scrappy blocks orphaned from a class sample, so I stripped a few more and cut and stripped and cut until I was happy with the new look. Then it was off to the design wall.
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- Design Taped onto the Design Wall - |
Mapping out the size first gives the guidelines needed for designing and in particular, proportion.
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- It's like playing with paper and glue - |
It's such an easy way to get everything right without having to predetermine any sizes of fabric pieces to cut. Just remember to allow for seams.
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- Almost done with the designing - |
After this stage its just a matter of filling in the spare spaces. Breaking up the negative space into rectangles makes the job a lot easier.
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- Quilting Fun - |
Just to try something a little different, I fitted a wonky border. All the quilting was done on my lovely new Sweet Sixteen.
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- Striped Binding - |
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- Every quilt needs a teddy -
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- The quilt is now in the arms of Ava (born 25.10.2015) - |