In early June, I was able to start on a baby quilt at my quilt retreat. I had decided to make some quilts using GE Designs' LEXI pattern. One quilt was intended for a niece's second child, and I decided to use some of the same fabrics or similar fabrics that I used for the quilt for her first baby. I have a stash of 30s children's prints, and chose a palette of bright reds, yellows, blues and greens for this quilt. I generally like to design my own quilts, but I have been enjoying making the quilts designed by Gundrun Erla. They are not difficult, and are quite eye-catching!
We had an ersatz design wall set up, and I used it often to play with the color combinations.
When possible, I like to make my baby quilts a good size so the kids can use a nap blankets when they are bigger. I decided to add a pieced border of the fabrics to finish this off. I forgot to measure before I sent off to baby Hughes, but I think this is about 42 x 48.
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| The quilt in the lake breeze. Please ignore my trusty quilt holder's sock choice! |
Here is the quilt I made for Hughes' big sister, Pippa. My blog about this quilt can be found here.
I still had enough of the backing to use the same fabric for the backs, and I realize I used the same Kona red for the binding, too! This picture is from the Union Jack quilt, but the one for the Lexi quilt is identical!
Welcome, Baby Hughes! I hope the kids have fun matching fabrics in their quilts!
Take care,
Gretchen
This is so amazing to see the process behind your quilts. Hughes and Pippa are so lucky to have such a talented quilting Auntie! Thank you for thinking of us all and I’ll send you pics of them using their beautiful blankets!
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