The "High Street" range of fabric by Lily Ashbury was just perfect for my latest project - another baby quilt using the pattern "Charm Squares Baby Quilt" by Elizabeth Hartman. This pattern is a free download from her blog, Oh Fransson! and is one that I've made lots of times before. I bought a charm pack of this gorgeous fabric from my local quilt shop Quilters Haven and bought some yellow fabric for the backing from the same range, along with some white tone-on-tone for the sashing and borders...
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...once this simple quilt top was pieced together, it was quilted using white Aurifil thread and a Schmetz Topstitch needle size 90. I used the edge of the walking foot as a guide, and quilted lots of straight rows half an inch apart, and then it was time to add the binding. I cut 3.5" strips of this gorgeous pink spotted fabric and used the double fold method of binding, and stitched it in place 0.5" from the edge of the quilt...
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...one of my labels was added to a corner of the quilt, and machined into place. The binding was hand stitched in place on the back, with a single strand of a Mettler quilting thread in a matching hot pink, in ladder stitch. Oh and of course thank goodness for my Clover "Protect and Grip" thimble!...
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...and here is the finished quilt, perfect for a baby girl! Now I need to get hurry and get it wrapped up and delivered to a gorgeous little girl who was born just a few days ago!
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