June is the service project month for the Kalamazoo Log Cabin Quilt Guild, and the project was baby quilts. I'd known about the deadline for quite a while, but due to a few out-of-town long weekends in May/June and my general habit of last-minute-ness, I started my quilt the day before the meeting.
So it needed to be quick! I went with simple strips--I'd purchased this dinosaur fabric (Oh Boy! from Free spirit, several years ago) and coordinating prints back in 2011, and this seemed like the perfect time to finally use it!
I pieced the top on Monday and spent a few hours on Tuesday quilting it. I decided to stitch a different motif on each type of strip. You can see a few of them close up here:
And then you can see them even better on the back.
A great quilt to practice on, and I think it turned out cute. Plus...I still have enough fabric left to make a second one! Now I just need a deadline, preferably a tight one, for motivation! :)
I machine stitched the binding on one hour before the meeting started. The group collected something like 130 quilts for two organizations in Kalamazoo: Nurse Family Partnership and the Healthy Babies, Healthy Start Program. Here's hoping the recipients enjoy them!
Linking up with Quilt Story's Fabric Tuesday, Confessions of a Fabric Addict's Can I get a whoop whoop Friday, and Crazy Mom Quilts' Finish it up Friday!
A few hours quilting it? Wow you must be quick, that would have taken me weeks. Gorgeous quilting.
ReplyDeleteLove the quilt! I am pinning it for future reference.
ReplyDeleteStop it! You started this the day before it was due? I never could have pulled that off! Way to go! It's so cute!
ReplyDeleteLooks great! I love the quilting variety, and it really adds a lot of interest. Nice work! I should try a stripes quilt with the same quilting-sampler idea. Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThe result is great and quilting for a cause is just a part of who quilters are. Love it!!!
ReplyDeleteOne of the things I'm learning about free motion quilting is that the more you practice the better you get. I like your practice project a lot.
ReplyDeleteAwesome quilt, Ellie! And you could make the second quilt for 100 Quilts for Kids - you can read more about it at Swim Bike Quilt, if you're not already familiar with this annual quilt drive!
ReplyDeleteWhoop whoop!!