Thursday 7 April 2016

Another baby quilt

     Lots of little things are being worked on but not quite completed. The UFO pile seems to be growing. However, babies don't wait and if you have agreed to make a baby quilt for someone, you really have to get it done before the due date (which I think is about a month away).

     My nephew's wife has painted a wall mural behind the baby's crib (I have yet to find out if I will have another grand-niece or grand-nephew).
     The crib quilt has been made with 6 shades of orange to represent a sunset and several grey, grey-blue, and blue pieces of fabric for the mountains. The centre is a mid-blue for water which allows a "reflection" and repeat of the mountains and sunset.  The fabric was all cut free hand and pinned in place as I went along ... today I 'fastened' them in place with little bits of fusible webbing  (Unique hem fuser comes in a 19 mm wide roll and is great for tacking things down)

     I haven't decided if I will add the trees or not. And if I do, whether I will thread paint them on, make them of fabric and quilt them, or make separate thread trees and then applique them ... I like the last idea the best (using a technique from Laurie Swim's class last September) but I don't think I have enough time to do that for the number of trees I would probably need (going on a holiday soon). If I decide to thread-paint them I had better do that asap before I add the backing.
     So the quilt, batting and backing are sitting on the cutting table waiting for a decision ... tomorrow??

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