Puttin' On The Ritz

Another baby quilt has been pieced and embroidered and quilted and bound - this one is for a very special friend who is soon to be a Grandma - well, the quilt is not for her, obviously, but for her soon to arrive grand-daughter. The fabric I chose for this is called "Puttin' On The Ritz" and is by Bunnyhill Designs for Moda. I bought a pack of 10" strips from my local quiltshop, Quilters Haven, and aded the strips of white paisley design from my stash. The original pattern suggests making these quilts with a pack of charm squares. The pattern is called Charm Squares Baby Quilt by Elizabeth Hartman, and is a free download from her blog Oh Fransson - this is one of my favourite baby quilt patterns. It is very quick and simple to piece together, and I just love the subtle pinks and greys in this fabric collection.....

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.....I have stitched the words  with backstitch, using a pink Cosmo embroidery thread shade 803 and I used 3 strands of thread as the letters are quite large. I traced these words from a book called "Winsome Baby" by Nancy Halvorsen. I love adding some stitchery to these baby quilts.....

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.....and I've quilted it using straight rows of quilting, ½" apart. I used white Mettler quilting thread to quilt the rows on the white sashing, but used a King Tut variegated quilting thread in pink and beige, shade 944 for the rest of the quilt, and I also used the same thread in the  bobbin too.....

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.....the binding fabric and the backing fabric is also from the same Bunnyhill Designs range of fabrics, "Puttin' On The Ritz". As a final little flourish, as usual I've added one of my labels to finish it off.....

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.....what do you think Sharon? Do you think your grand-daughter will like being wrapped up in this quilt?  

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