A long, long time ago, I can still remember…don’t worry, I’m not reciting song lyrics to you; I’m setting the stage for this next project.
Baby colors were different in my day. When I had babies, they were green and yellow. When my babies had babies, they were pink and blue. Now, my babies babies are having babies, and to be honest, I’m not exactly sure what baby colors are, so I guess all colors are baby colors.
Why is this conversation important to this project? Well, let me tell you.
I have an extended family member who is having a baby, and I’ll be honest: I don’t know what she’s having. So, as I contemplated what I wanted to get for her, I decided pretty early to make her a baby quilt. But then, time passed, and I thought I would probably get something from her registry from Target. And then, more time passed, and I returned to the baby quilt. Even more time passed (I have clearly been contemplating since before she even got pregnant), and I went back to the Target idea. When I looked through her registry, I decided I would make the baby quilt; it was easier. Finally, I had a solid decision, and I was ready to get to work. But remember when I said I didn’t know if she was having a boy or a girl? Me too, and I didn’t want to offend anyone, so I decided to use all the colors.
So I decided simple is best and started with the pinwheel block. This was easy until I sewed several of the pinwheels wrong and had things that looked interesting but not like pinwheels. So out came the trusty seam ripper and back to pinwheels. With all the pinwheels sewn and put together, I added some fun little prairie points around the edge to give the quilt a little interest and texture. I love adding texture.
With all the piecing done now, it was time to quilt it, and at first, I thought just simple lines, but then, like most things, I overthought it and decided more was better. So I hooped my quilt up with the batting and backing and loaded it onto my fancy embroidery sewing machine, and started quilting. One triangle was done, and I decided I liked it, so I continued stitching all 48 little white triangles. About halfway through, I took the quilt out of the hoop to make sure I really liked it and to get the motivation to finish. When I looked at it I decided that I more than liked it I loved it so finishing was an easy task.
Just a little more border quilting and it was done!! Yes, I added the binding, but that is a fairly quick process. I love this baby quilt, and I hope the mom does, too.
