Making a Baby Quilt

The Saturday after Thanksgiving I went to our local quilt store "The Quilted Heart" because they were having a 50% off sale on all their fabric. You had to buy a minimum of one yard but since I am a smart lady I bought a bag full of pieces of flannel that were a kit for a quilt. I didn't use them for the quilt in the kit but used them to make this quilt. Here is a picture of the almost finished quilt. I used crochet cotton to quilt it and made my quilting stitches big (about 1/2 inch).

Here I am ready to sew the squares together. I actually started sewing them like this but discovered they were supposed to be sewn together with each block turned 1/4 of the way around.

Here are all the squares laid out on the bed in my "studio/guest room." When I first started laying it out I was mixing colors in each square. I did not like how it looked so I began mixing fabrics that were the same color to make each square. The squares looked much nicer. For the binding of the quilt I sewed strips of each fabric I used in the quilt together. I like the look of the mixture of fabrics on the edge of the quilt. (I am not smart-I did not take a picture of the finished quilt and I gave it to my daughter at her baby shower.)

Catching Up!

I have been meaning to post more on my blog for some time but have not done it. So today I am trying to catch up and let you know what has been happening since my last post. This is a picture of the table runner we were working on in the previous post. I was teaching a class on how to use freezer paper to applique perfect hearts. I have seen some finished projects and they turned out great!