Archie was born about a week ago, so I got cracking over the weekend and finished off this quilt for him. I used this pattern and blogged about the quilt top here . Its a super nifty little way to whip out a zig zag quilt, especially if you used some jelly rolls. The only negative thing I would have to say about the pattern is that because, essentially, the finished top is on the bias it does have a tendency to warp and go out of shape. I had a bugger of a time trying to keep it square when I was smoothing it out on the wadding getting ready for pinning.
I used some of my Favourite Michael Miller "traffic Jam" for the backing fabric. For the quilting I decided to go pretty simple and just echo stiching each zig zag using my machine foot as the guide- so the stitching is about 0.5" away from the seam. I matched up the thread colours for each zig zag, red thread for the red zig zag etc. I usually try and use cotton thread, but in this case had to resort to polyester to get the right colour matches. I think the binding is a stripe from the Sandi Hendersons "farmers market" range.
The finished quilt is approx 30" by 42". I am happy with this quilt, its fun and happy. I love that it was quick to do but visually interesting, and its still a useful size as a bassinet/pram blanket or as a floor rug for a young baby.
2 comments:
Well done, Milly! I love the way you folded it so the border isn't at the edge in that top photo. And yes, the binding stripe is Farmer's Market.
Beautifully done. I'd love to make one of these.
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