Josephine decided it was time to make her appearance on March 27th! She is a beautiful little girl who weighed in at 7 pounds 7 ounces! She has a head of dark hair just like Mommy, Daddy and little brother. Her Mama is a little bit of a thing, maybe 100 pounds soaking wet...how she housed that little baby I'll never know! This family is super good friends with my daughter (Britt is the God-Mother of their first child), and I wanted to make something special for them.
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| Josephine's Quilt 36" x 44" |
I was at the burying threads and sewing on the binding when word came down this birth was on! Knowing there was no time to waste I blew through it in record time!
I decided to go with concentric circles again! While quilting the circles, I tried to take in progress photos for a basic tutorial. I will try and get that together in the next week!
I started with my first circle, tied it off and began the 1/2" lines. Going 'round and round and round and round'!
Eventually I made it to the end! I used several different colors of thread for something different and besides, its all about scrappy! The thread colors are white, orange, grey, yellow and blue.
You can see that all isn't perfect in the lines. That doesn't bother me in the least. This baby will spit up on it at the very least and besides...the crinkle effect comes into play after a wash and dry.
That issue has been taken care of! Fun stuff happens with washing!
With a few pieces of blocks left over, I randomly pieced four together to make an even more scrappy block for the back. It's been a while since I did a fun backing! It's really fun and as always it's like two quilts in one!
Super close up detail! Get your camera's out and play with shots! You may get one amazing photo out of twenty, but it sure is worth it!
A little bundle for a little bundle! I'm not sure when this package will be delivered. She will be a little preoccupied getting settled in and being wrapped like up like a burrito to care to much about it for now!
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Very very sweet!
ReplyDeleteOh what lovely news for me to wake up to, the world is a little richer for the safe arrival of a precious daughter. Congrats to the parents and Welcome to the World Josephine. You have made her a lovely quilt Jayne, I especially like the back, which is because I am very interested in quit backs right now. It's as if the front almost doesn't matter, I just need to check out the back. Weird or what?
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful quilt. Love it!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on this beautiful finish. Even the back is interesting and beautiful. The quilting is beautiful too. Okay, everything about this quilt, I love it. Awesome! ;^)
ReplyDeleteIt was one of those ‘gotta use this fabric’ quilts and in the end…I really like it! I’m not a print girl, but this makes me happy!
DeleteWhat a beautiful gift. Love the simple quilting.
ReplyDeleteOh yay! March was a good month for babies! Must look up your "tube" technique!
ReplyDeleteA lovely finish indeed! Lucky baby Josephine. Nadine W. Northern Cali.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful - and perfect timing!! March babies are fun!
ReplyDeleteI hope this quilt brings joy to the family. It is so pretty, both front and back sides!
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful quilt for a lucky little girl. I love the circles on it, which pops the on point design.
ReplyDeleteConcentric circles are so amazing! I love that look! The fun thing about this technique (tube piecing) is that it looks on point without making it an actual on point quilt! If that makes sense!
DeleteLOVE THIS QUILT! And I am really looking forward to the concentric circle tutorial!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great quilt. Love what you did with the border.
ReplyDeleteJayne, this is really beautiful quilt and circle quilting is my favourite! This is 'not so much you' because your creations are usually with solids but you found a great way to make a beautiful quilt with prints. I miss solids and can only ask myself why I don't buy more solids?! x Teje
ReplyDeleteGreat quilt Jayne! As always, I really like your color choices. And made with prints! Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!
ReplyDeleteI love string blocks and the spiral quilting is perfect. You did a great job. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteAwesome baby quilt! Great colors and pattern, plus ya gotta love those concentric circles :) Congrats on getting it done in the nick of time!
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely quilt Jayne ! And I really love the backing !
ReplyDeleteThere are so many things to like about this quilt -- the palette, the prints -- but my favorite features are the skinny sashing (fewer points to match up!) and the incomplete blocks along the perimeter. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great size for a baby quilt! I really like that you used different colored thread in the quilting. It turned out beautifully, and I am sure it will be well loved. :)
ReplyDeleteThat quilt is just amazing! Those colors are absolutely gorgeous! And that back....looks like it could be the front. You did a wonderful job on this one. Love it!
ReplyDeleteThat is the cutest quilt ever!!! The baby burrito's mama will love it! Great spiral quilting. Love that you used up thread in the process. Just perfect!!! Such great photos, too!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely lovely!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a sweet little baby quilt and imagine working on it as she was making her way into this world. Concentric circles work so well with this design and colours. Perfect just like her little self, I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteIt's super quilt. I have done the strip tube one before and love it! But I haven't thought of sashing it-great idea. Have you ever just did a spiral quilting so you don't have to tie and bury all those threads?
ReplyDeleteI love this! I really like your choice of circle quilting to balance out the sharp angles of the quilt, and I adore your use of several thread colors!! A fabulous baby quilt that I am sure will be treasured! (and I *really* love baby burritos!! :-)
ReplyDeletehappy sewing ~ Tracy
Wow, this is lovely. That is so cool how you did the concentric circles. What do you do when you run out of fabric, like near the corners? I am guessing you just continue on with half circles or half moons? Josephine will love it and feel all you love when she's enjoying it. ~smile~
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous quilt! How blessed this little baby is to be covered by such a warm and colorful gift of love!
ReplyDeleteJayne this is gorgeous! It looks so comfy and inviting and I am sure it will receive a whole bunch of love from the baby over the years. Can't wait to see your tutorial. I love the look of those circles!
ReplyDeleteBright, beautiful and further enhanced with quilting :-)
ReplyDeleteSo bright and fun! Love the orange binding, it ties it all together with a nice pop.
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