The single girl quilts are finished! And they are fantastic. I could go on and on, but without photos I'm not going to. You'll have to wait, but not long. A photoshoot is in the works.
In the meantime, I'm going to tell you about a different quilt that I started yesterday. And that I finished today. And that could have been finished yesterday if I was so crazy-tired by 9:30 p.m., leaving the hand sewing portion of binding until this morning. Yes. A quilt in almost one day.
This is a baby gift for a dear friend who had her second girl last month. I had so much fun making Liam's quilt, that I decided to make another, much pinker one, for this sweet baby.
All of the fabrics came from the stash. EVERY ONE. I even pieced two large batting scraps so I could make the entire thing from materials I had on hand. That felt good. Scratch that. It felt great! All the pinks came out of the scrap buckets and the backing is a 60" wide pink gingham that has been hanging around for a couple years at least. I made some dresses out of it when the girls were little and this was the left over bit. And it was *just* big enough. The white is Kona cotton in Snow – my new favorite white because it's not harshly bright and not too yellow so it blends beautifully.
I pieced the letters using the Proverbial Quilt pattern by Denyse Schmidt. I traced the templates onto freezer paper, cut them out and ironed them to my fabrics. This made adding the 1/4" seam allowance super easy – I lined the 1/4" mark on the ruler up with the straight edge of the freezer paper and cut. I also layered 2 fabrics for each piece as I need 2 of each of the letters. Again, fast. And bonus – those freezer paper pieces can be used again so I tucked them into an envelope and put that with the pattern. I added big rectangles of solid above and below the name to get it to the size I wanted (about 40" x 50"). The loopy quilting was done freehand after I marked horizontal lines 3" apart as a guide.
Start to finish, I think it took about 6 or 7 hours. Perfect for a baby gift. And probably my new go-to baby gift if I have that kind of time.
Right ON!
mad genius, you are.
(we’re on a yoda-speak kick around here.)
you inspire me so much all the time, woman.
xo
lovely, erin!
I love how the quilting and letters blend – it’s just perfect. And go you for using stash and scraps.
Holy schmoly!!!! You are amazing. What a lucky baby!
So cute!!! And my granddaughter’s name is Hannah, too. One question – what is a scrap bucket? Do you save all of your fabric scraps – regardless of size?
You are my hero.
That is SO ADORABLE – your friend is so lucky!!!
And little Hannah now has a keepsake for ever.
oh I LOVE this! you did a fabulous job! I have wild dreams about making my 2 boys & their 9 cousins all quilts that have backings which spell out their individual names…
oh I LOVE this! you did a fabulous job! I have wild dreams about making my 2 boys & their 9 cousins all quilts that have backings which spell out their individual names…
It’s so great Erin and it’s given me an idea for a quilt I want to make.
It’s so great Erin and it’s given me an idea for a quilt I want to make.
I love love love this quilt – especially how crinkly the finished product looks.
I love love love this quilt – especially how crinkly the finished product looks.
As I tell my kiddos, “You Rock my Socks!” Great job, Erin. I am sure the mama and the baby will love it.
As I tell my kiddos, “You Rock my Socks!” Great job, Erin. I am sure the mama and the baby will love it.
That is beautiful! I am sure it will become a valued heirloom.
it is awesome, erin.
what a treasure they will have.
What a beautiful, sweet quilt for a baby girl. I love the backing fabric! I’m planning on making a couple quilts for babies due soon, perhaps I’ll pick up some gingham, too…
so, so sweet! I could never do this…for two reasons. 1) I can’t quilt and 2) if I could I would have to stop 18 thousand times to break up the fights between my boys 😉
awesome 🙂
Wow, that is very sweet and it only took a day! I hope to make a scrappy quilt soon.
I love it, dude.
love this quilt so much. what a wonderful gift! I may just have to copy you on this. 🙂
erin. i love it. man. i still need to make a proverbial quilt for my little one. you must be a super fast hand stitcher. that takes me hours and hours. please share your secrets with me!
I love the way youve quilted it in lines of swirls
It’s beautiful. Just simple and beautiful. And even better because I have a new niece named Hannah.
LOVE this! it’s awesome.
I’ve been doing that with batting lately too and it works great AND feels good! I love the quilting too.
Oh, Leslie, hand sewing is time consuming for sure! It took me 1 1/2 hours to hand sew the binding on this one.
Oh, Leslie, hand sewing is time consuming for sure! It took me 1 1/2 hours to hand sew the binding on this one.
Feel free!
Feel free!
You can too quilt. Just do it. 😉
I do save most scraps, even the smaller ones. I love digging through the buckets to find *just* the right thing for small patchwork projects. I just made some more little scrappy items that I'll share later this week.
I do save most scraps, even the smaller ones. I love digging through the buckets to find *just* the right thing for small patchwork projects. I just made some more little scrappy items that I'll share later this week.
That feeling is mutual, friend.
That feeling is mutual, friend.
erin. that’s it?! that would have taken me 1 1/2 hours per side. seriously. you are my hand sewing idol!
erin. that’s it?! that would have taken me 1 1/2 hours per side. seriously. you are my hand sewing idol!
As always, you are inspiring!!! Adorable. I dream of making something like that my go-to baby gift someday… at least a girl can dream!
As always, you are inspiring!!! Adorable. I dream of making something like that my go-to baby gift someday… at least a girl can dream!
The quilt is absolutely gorgeous. I love the quilted white with the name in the middle.
Ruth
The quilt is absolutely gorgeous. I love the quilted white with the name in the middle.
Ruth
I am SO impressed! You must be a very efficient worker.
I am SO impressed! You must be a very efficient worker.
i love it!! you have been on such a roll lately… so many beautiful projects! it is so inspiring. i really lost my mojo for machine sewing a couple of weeks ago and i need it back badly. because that king-sized quilt top is not piecing itself! hoping for a sunday sewing session this weekend.
xo
i love it!! you have been on such a roll lately… so many beautiful projects! it is so inspiring. i really lost my mojo for machine sewing a couple of weeks ago and i need it back badly. because that king-sized quilt top is not piecing itself! hoping for a sunday sewing session this weekend.
xo
I just HAVE to make a Proverbial quilt. Of some kind.
I just HAVE to make a Proverbial quilt. Of some kind.