Well, staying home from work today, due to feeling kinda fluey, and having a leek in the roof, coming through my ceiling in the living room, allowed me to finish up the top to the first granddaughter quilt...The picture is not the greatest....good camera had a dead battery, and my phone does NOT take good photos as you can tell...but until I can get a better picture here it is!!!! Betty and Nora, remember I said one of the quilts we saw had given me an idea....what do ya think??? The colors in the quilt are pretty cool....the pastels in the center, then the brighter colors in the butterflys and the border.
*** edited *** charged the camera, so here are some pics that might be just a little bit better, and shows the colors. Keep your fingers crossed that it can get quilted, and then the binding done within the next week!!
wow.......this is so nice. I can just picture a sweet lil baby asleeep beneath
It is so sweet! And colorful....I love the butterfly's to, You did a great job on it........The only thing cute'r will be that baby!
This is a good quilt for a new baby. My wish is that all new babies have a wonderful homemade quilt to wrap all the love around them. How can the babies not feel all the love.
How did you do the butterflies? Are they fused?
Now you have one baby quilt done, what are the plans for the other one?
thanks girls....i fussy cut the butterlies and flowers and name, and used the fab wonder under to fuse them, then used my machines blanket stitch to hold them in place!! I found the cutest butterfly fabric to cut these from, and bought enough to use them on the next quilt, which will be a little different...not sure how, but will be. I'm also thinking of cutting the butterflies out, stuffing them, and creating some kind of mobile and pillows with them....any thoughts???
Scan the butterfly in to a file on your computer, go into your photo program, reverse the picture, print it off and that way you will have a mirror image of the butterfly. Sew and stuff each one. I use double sticky tape to hold my fabric onto card stock to print on to the fabric with. Peels off easy.
Cheryl, been really busy and have not had time to call you.......sorry, I will try and call you today in the after noon..... ;) nora
Nora, what a great idea, you are so clever. Thanks
...welcome Sue. When money is tight......you need to compromise. I did this when I lived in Washington State.