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It was a busy weekend for me this weekend. I made this little quilt on Friday night, worked on a queen most of Saturday as well as making the most delicious stock ever (I mean ever! Beloved Spouse wanted to drink it up just as it was); making cakes for birthdays and our anniversary and recovering from the cold I developed on Monday (of course, because it was my first week back at work, I got sick.)
But while I've been busy in my sewing room this weekend, I've been wondering why it is that I've been producing so many baby quilts lately? It's not like I know lots of people who are having babies, and it's not really a market I intend to develop for sale, so...
what's up with the baby quilts? In addition, up until a few months ago, I didn't even like making baby quilts. You see, although I know most (if not all) people like baby quilts that are cute and fuzzy (so to speak); I was never of that ilk. Cutesy quilts - though cute, aren't my particular aesthetic, and we all know how well it goes when I make something I don't like! ::s::
When I thought about making baby quilts, I always thought about making grown up versions of my quilts, scaled down. But mostly, they didn't work for babies - after all, who's going to buy a grey quilt, or a dark green wool quilt or...well, you see what I mean - for a baby? I mean, besides Morticia Adams.
But for reasons that are inexplicable to me (as yet, anyway), I've been thinking about designs for baby quilts. Designs that fit in with my aesthetic and that are fun to make. They're ideal really, because they're so fast to whip up - gosh - I made this one over a couple of hours on Friday night - contrast that to my current WIP: 16 hours in and the top still isn't done! (And sadly, I have really time intensive quilting in mind for it as well. ::sigh::)
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So, to stop every once in a while and make a sweet little baby quilt, is a nice way to stop and smell the roses.
What do you think?
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I think - it's a lovely quilt! It is a wonderful baby quilt, but it does not look like those oversweet ones. Which is probably the reason why I like it ;-))
ReplyDelete:) Thanks Kimberly! :)
ReplyDeleteI think it's great!
ReplyDeleteThanks Frauke! A good way to stop and smell the roses then? :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Vicki - and yes, I know from past experience that I should neither thwart my inspiration nor try to circumvent it! Splosions happen! :)
ReplyDeleteI think it's really cute and you have to go with the inspiration that you are getting!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a fun quilt!
ReplyDeleteI'm not into "baby" quilts, rather, regular quilts that are small enough for babies. I like that they're fast to make and a great way to try out new ideas. I also make baby quilts when I get bored making a big quilt...I just sew together what I have so far and move on to something else.
I say make baby quilts if you want. They're nice for so many reasons. :)
Yes - you're like me too then. "Regular quilts that are small enough for babies" about sums it up. But then, I would never use this particular pattern for an adult, which is why I say for some odd reason, I'm designing baby quilts. Weird.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks! Making baby quilts can be a fun, short term past-time. :)
thank you Barb! :)
ReplyDeleteJust adorable!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is adorable and interesting! I love the contrast between the white and the bright purples and pinks, and I especially like the use of irregular shapes in the patches. How do you design them? Do you draw them out beforehand, or do you just sew pieces together as you go and then square them off into a neat patch afterward?
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
ReplyDeleteI cut strips of fabric in the two colours in two different sizes - I think it was 2.5 inches and 3.5 inches; and then I just placed the strips at angles over my rectangles of the animals - which were generally - 5 x 3 inches. And then, as you say, I squared them off afterwards.
Try it! :)
Really cute!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ruth!
ReplyDeleteI think thats an amazing quilt. I only wish I had the skills and time to make one of those for my youngest daughter as she would think its beautiful. Maybe I will wait until she is a little bit older an then we could make it together.
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