Friday, November 18, 2011

Blushing

So, imagine my surprise this morning as I was going through my Google Reader. I came across Sew & Tell Friday, expecting to see what Amy's been up to this week, and, um, it's my quilt! Major blushing! So here it is!
I made this for a sweet friend who is expecting her third baby next month. I'll be honest - when I started this project last winter, Adriane wasn't even pregnant yet. But, the joys of three small children, moving, and some major church commitments has meant that my sewing machine and I haven't exactly been close of late. So, this one came out of the WIP pile and turned into a finish just in time for her shower. Hurray!
I love this quilt. The first plus quilt I saw, ages ago, was this one by Arajane. I loved it, but the busyness of all the prints on top of each other was a little much for me. For mine, I used the white to break it all up. Happiness.

The quilting was very simple - echo quilting in the white pluses only. The pearl bracelet binding was a no-brainer.As was the lollilop tree backing.All in all, it's one of my favorite quilts yet.And now to stop blushing and get back to my next project - those urban lattices and Central Park!

Go check out the other lovelies at Sew & Tell!

And I'm also linking up to Finish it up Friday!

12 comments:

Christine L said...

Lovely quilt!

Heather D. said...

Very sweet quilt.

amylouwhosews said...

love it! but you knew that! And I feel dumb - because I forgot those were trees and not balloons! I should go edit my post!

twelfthzodiac said...

Very sweet! And finished just when it needed to be it sounds like :)

bethanndodd said...

Such a cute quilt...loving all of the fabric, especially the backing! It's ok to blush, you deserve the spotlight ;)
Smiles~Beth

Dayna said...

Love it!

Michelle said...

Love the way the pattern shows off the gorgeous fabrics!

Heather said...

It is beautiful! I'm sure it will be treasured by baby and mom-to-be. How exciting to see it featured at Amy's today, huh? :o)

Debbie said...

Very cool! It's darling and I love the backing you chose!

Carla said...

Love this baby quilt! Congrats on your feature :o)

Cille said...

But of course... it's a beautiful quilt :)

a maidenhair fern said...

Love the idea of the "BIG" plus. Darling. . .