It's a Girl...

Here's a baby quilt top I just finished for a young lady that was born this past November. She's the great-niece of a friend of mine in Colorado and is the first girl to be born into the family in over 30 years. Her mom was on bed-rest for 11 weeks prior to her birth, so she is truly a much-awaited for little one.

I made half-square triangles for the blocks, but instead of following the "broken dishes" pattern, I sewed the squares together randomly.

Here's a close up of the pieced area on the backing. I embroidered a block with baby's name and a little pink birdie to say "welcome" to the world, Ana. I like to include a pieced area on my quilt backs for two reasons: it gives a bit of personality to the back of a quilt and helps extend the backing fabric when extra fabric is needed around the perimeter for machine quilting.

I read somewhere that you shouldn't use checked fabric for backing. I didn't follow this rule if it is a rule... besides I love the printed brown checks... have had it for several years and the color and print works well with the other fabrics! Will take photos to post when I get the quilt back from being quilted.

Oh no, I just looked out the window and it is snowing again. I didn't believe the weather person because you know they are never wrong!

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