Have you ever had one of those moments when you realize that your sister in law is having a baby tomorrow and you are a quilter and haven't made her baby a quilt yet?
This is my very story! My truth. My life! ...yesterday afternoon :/
Luckily I am a manic quilter with a healthy stash of sa-weet fabric! ...including this super awesome charm pack of April Showers that I bought for TWO DOLLARS from Southern Fabric a while back :-)
I needed something simple and sweet (and quick). I simply cut strips of white fabric 1.5" wide. I sewed the white strips to two adjacent sides of each charm square. (I strip pieced all of the blocks)
...and then laid them out like so...
...and sewed them up :-). You will need to add a strip of white to the two sides that are missing white ;-)
I prefer this method to others as this method makes it really easy to match and nest your seams for perfect intersections :-)
For this baby quilt I used one charm pack and less than 3/4 yard of white.
The backing is an old piece of a Michael Miller print I have had for years!
I used the same fabric for the backing and the binding.
For the free motion quilting, I did a swirl pattern.
The finished size is 34.5" x 40". The perfect baby size quilt :-)
That's the way I like to sash my quilts, too. So much more accurate that way. She will love it!
ReplyDeleteI really like this quilt and it looks so easy. What size squares are the charm packs? I would like to use some of my stash since I don't have a charm pack handy. Thanks! :)
ReplyDeleteVery cute!
ReplyDeleteThis cute and a very clever way of sashing, thank you!
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever way to put the blocks together! I have a charm pack begging to be used, I wonder if I have any fabric that would work with it for sashing... hmm... you've got me thinking there!
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