Li'l Nancy Drew

     For those who have been reading my blog for years, you may recall that in 2013, I made two Nancy Drew Quilts for my childhood friends.  We were all big fans of that titian haired girl detective!   Click to see the details on those  Nancy Drew Quilts.

     Fast forward a few years, and my friend Cy (dark hair), is now a grandmother of a little girl, Louise.  

I decided to use the Sugar Sack (Whistler Studios) fabric I had used for my "Mad about Plaid" table runner.  Blog post here! .  I started with 5 inch squares and cut enough for two baby quilts.   For this quilt I decided to do an illusion quilt.  I watched a you Tube video from the Missouri Quilt company to get started.  Video here 

   

Instead of gray, which is often used in illusion quilts, I used a dark blue Kona cotton, and I substituted 3 of the 5 inch squares for fussy cuts from some of my remaining Nancy Drew fabric.  The colors are close enough that you have to be a detective to find the Nancy Drew heads! 

     I didn't take many photos while putting together the squares, but managed to get some photos of the squares on the wall before sewing it all together.  

   

   I quilted with white Aurifil and bound it with the blue, and used the newsprint backing because my friend Cy is a writer! 
  Thank goodness I remembered to use some color catchers when I washed it to make it soft and crinkly.  I washed it three times, and still the color catchers got filled with the blue.  Yikes! 

Here are some close ups of the three Nancy Drew patches! 

I hope that little Louise will enjoy reading, adventures and lifelong friendships just like her grandmother! 

Sorry about the weird formatting.  I tried too many times to fix it, and just couldn't figure it out!  

Take care,
Gretchen