So, after the quilt I made for my brother-in-law using his old shirts, I went to work on several baby quilts. This one is for a friend’s baby girl, who was one of the only girl babies to be born to the many friends of mine who have had babies this year. It was so much fun making a girly quilt.
Baby quilt
For the plain squares I used two designs by Anna Maria Horner which I had bought a while ago and was saving for something fun. The eight other squares were made mostly with scraps that were left over from a workshop at the V&A, which I helped to organize. I love that I didn’t buy any new fabric to make this quilt!
Baby quilt detail
This was the first time I’d tried diagonal quilting – in all my previous quilts I’ve always stitched in the ditch. I loved the effect and have used it in subsequent work, and it’s made me think about different ways I can quilt projects in the future. I’ve officially graduated from trying to hide my quilt stitching! It’s much more fun to let it show.
Baby quilt detail.
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They’re all so beautiful.
Geraldine