These are quilts 5 & 6 from the Festival.
The inspiration/design for these two quilts came from Moda Bake Shop. The pattern is called
Bricks.
Once again, I made a sketch...
...while I was drinking my morning cup of chai...OOPS!!!
27 squares and 27 rectangles will make a baby quilt.
Now, you can make this super-scrappy but I wanted to stick with a theme. Pink and girly.
Here is a hint when you choose fabrics for a project. Pick 5-6 different fabrics - a dot, a stripe, a near solid, 1 or 2 focus prints, and 1-2 small prints. Make sure that there are some that are dark and some light.
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Fit for a Princess |
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Focus Fabric |
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Sweet & Pink |
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Small Print, Dots and Stripe |
A simple pattern keeps the focus on the fabrics. Stare away at the princess and her castle - no major distractions here. I chose a red/pink hearts backing.
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Sweet Hearts |
Choosing a binding was easy - a hot pink solid worked well with both the front and the back.
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Cherries & Cherry Blossoms |
Cherries, Cherry Blossoms and Cupcakes - Can it get any more Girly???
Yes, look at the Princess and her castle :-)
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Labelled! |
The quilting was once again the simplest (fastest) possible. I used the Cs and mirror image stitch and went over the ditches.
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Pretty in Pink |
When Mary saw this quilt, her eyes widened. This would be perfect for her nephew's baby girl.
I was just thrilled that the quilt found a loving home.
Now let me talk about Puppyfish - the twin brother of "Fit for a Princess"
I struggled with the fabric choices. There were two focus fabrics, but after that I could not find enough fabrics in my stash to make the whole thing work. Felt limited by the colors in the focus fabrics.
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Fishes and Puppies |
Did not want to use grey or black from the Fish/Whale fabric - too gloomy. Although some orange would be fine, it did not seem to be cohesive with the others.
In the end, I chose two dotty fabrics, one stripes and one small print with the two focus fabrics. Fewer fabrics resulted in only 24 blocks instead of 27 in the original pattern.
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Puppyfish |
To get to a respectable baby size, I added a navy blue border. That seemed to work and brought the whole thing together. The backing was a light green soothing print fabric.
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Owls and Birds |
I think this was the last of this fabric. Served me well in a few backings.
Simply quilted with Cs and mirror image of Cs, this was one fast finish. I may have spent more time picking the fabrics than putting the top together.
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Black Binding |
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Labelled |
Jess bought Puppyfish for her granddaughter. Are you sure, I asked.
Don't you want something more pink? She was absolutely sure that this was it.
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In the Sunlight |
This is what I have learnt - Boys won't do pink. Must avoid any trace of fuchsia too. Florals are a big no-no as well.
But girls are fine with all colors. Happy to be a girl - I get to play with all the colors!!!
I am so happy with the success of this pattern. It is fast and easy, really highlights the focus fabrics, requires only 5-6 fabrics and I am sure you have all of them in your stash.
I can see this getting made into several quilts. What do you think?
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