Baby's Little Goslings

My friend Emily had commissioned me to make a couple of baby quilts for two of her friends who are due to have babies - I've already shown you "Dino Dudes" and here is "Baby's Little Goslings" - this pattern was a free download from the McCalls Quilting website a few years ago. As you can see, I've made the quilt top with a collection of baby flying geese in peaceful shades of cream and white.....

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.....I've quilted this very simply, "stitch-in-the-ditch" around each of the flying geese using a cream Mettler quilting thread both as the top thread and in the bobbin, and finally "stitch-in-the-ditch"  around the borders. I used Quilters Dream wadding, which is 100% cotton and is ideal for baby quilts.....  

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.....I've also added a little bit of stitchery to this quilt too. This really does make the quilt unique, and has become my "trademark" when I'm making a baby quilt. This is one of my favourite phrases to add - "We made a wish.....  

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.....and you came true!" - and once again this stitchery quote was from the book "A Winsome Baby" by Nancy Halvorsen, and this time has been stitched with 2 strands of DMC thread. Initially I stitched this with a cream thread, but it didn't really show up very well, so a hasty bit of reverse stitching and I chose a slightly stronger colour.....  

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.....a label added to the back? Mais oui!! This was stitched in place by machine at the same time as I added the binding. Oh and I used a pretty cream spot for the binding fabric.....

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.....I'm really pleased with how this mixture of cream and white and neutral fabrics look together - it really is very subtle and will go perfectly in the newly decorated nursery.....

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.....this baby quilt will soon be winging it's way over to Australia, to Emily's friend who is expecting her first baby. Hope she likes it!  

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