Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Sunshine on a cloudy day

I was waiting for the sun to make an appearance so I could take some pictures of this quilt, but that doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon, so dreary pictures it is! Luckily, the quilt itself is pretty sunny. gray/yellow baby quilt
This quilt is for a baby who will be making his way into the world soon. I decided to put my 4x5 bee blocks to use, so the top came together really quickly. I just added some sashing (Kona Ash).

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 For the quilting, I looked again to Angela Walters' book for inspiration. This is the woodgrain pattern. This one was tricky for me, and my results are a bit, shall we say, rustic. But once the quilt was washed and dried it just gives it a lot of texture.

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 I love all of these blocks! The HOME one is definitely a favorite.

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I was kind of stuck on the binding but ended up going with Kona Coal.

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I put this together using materials I had on hand, which always makes me feel so thrifty!

Grey/yellow back
I had the perfect backing fabrics in my stash--Taza by Dena Designs.

11 comments:

Marla said... 1

Great job on the quilting. I really like the back too, simple and interesting, a hard combo to pull off.

kat129 said... 2

Love the color scheme! Quilting is fantastic, too. Might have to buy myself this Angela Walter's book...

Heather D. said... 3

It's great Katie! The quilting is really nice, very brave of you to try new things. I really like that "home" block too.

Leah said... 4

Gorgeous! I love the wood grain.

felicity said... 5

The quilting looks fantastic! Way to challenge yourself!!

CityHouseStudio said... 6

What a sunny quilt! Love it, Katie!
I think I need to buy Angela's book too - the wood grain is very cool!

Sarah Craig said... 7

Very very pretty -and it has its own sunshine!! Love your quilting, too!

Angela Nash said... 8

Great job using your 4x6 blocks! And I love what I can see of that wood grain. I'll have to give it a try.

Toni said... 9

That wood grain quilting looks really cool, Katie! And what a great way to use those bee blocks!

Marci Girl said... 10

Such a pretty quilt and I think the quilting turned out fabulous!

**nicke... said... 11

it is so lovely! and good job for being thrifty! xo ;)