Sunday, June 7, 2009

Little Quilt for Little B

I finished my second quilt, this one a little bigger than the last. I love it and think it's super cute. I only hope the mom-to-be thinks so too! I'm also hoping "Little B" will get lots of use out of it. Everything was pre-washed so I told my cousin she should have no fear in washing it.

Rocket Quilt for Little B


I used mostly Michael Miller's Bots N Rockets fabric and added a blue solid and some dots I found at a local quilt shop. I love how fun the fabric is and I think the bright colors will still work as he gets bigger. I used a disappearing nine-patch design and I think it adds to the whimsy.

It measured about 36" square, a little on the small side, but perfect for "belly time" or tossing over the car seat.

Rocket Quilt for Little B


Since I didn't want to emphasize the squares, but rather the jumble of color, I went with circles in a kind of bubble pattern for the quilting. It was my first real try at free motion quilting (my quilting foot finally arrived). I wasn't quite feeling up to stippling the the whole thing, and I like the look of the circles. They aren't all smooth or exactly round (even though I drew the circles on the quilt before quilting), but I'm trying not to be bothered by that.

The back is more of the Sprockets fabric and a round label.

Rocket Quilt for Little B - label


I really like the label (don't mind me smudging my last name for posting online). I used freezer paper to secure it before I wrote on it and it went much better than the last one. I ironed it on with fusible web and then did my first blanket stitch around the edge. Once again, although it isn't perfect, I'm quite happy for my first try.

Rocket Quilt for Little B

8 comments:

  1. Saw this over at FLickr and stopped by. Love! I made a quilt for my son using the previous Michael Miller line "Tot Town" (very similar to robots). Now I think I need the robots!

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  2. It looks great! I so love that Sprockets fabric.

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  3. It's wonderful! I really LOVE those quilted circles!!! I may have to use that idea on a little quilt myself. Great job!

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  4. It looks awesome! I love the circle quilting, and how it echoes the shape of the gears in the outer border. Nicely done!

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  5. this quilt is gorgeous. i love how fun the disappearing 9 patch makes it look.

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  6. OH! that circle quilting looks amazing! what a great job you did! I will have to make soem minis to pracitce on now :) I like how your little label turned out, the whole wuilt looks realyl great!

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  7. I LOVE the quilt and can't wait for Little B to play on it! He's going to love all of the bright colors! It's perfect! Thank you so much!!

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  8. What a lovely quilt! I'm a big fan of bright colours and more modern designs and I like the way the shape of the label matches the circle quilting. I haven't labelled any of my quilts yet, but I'm planning to do so on my next one, so your link to the tutorial will come in handy!

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