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Sunny Happy Skies

5/12/2012

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Whenever I need to make a baby quilt, one of my favourite patterns is "Charm Squares Baby Quilt" by Elizabeth Hartman, and you can download this pattern from her blog, Oh, Fransson . This is a really simple but lovely pattern for a baby quilt and I have made several of these and love every one of them!! This one is for a baby girl, and I chose the "Sunny Happy Skies" range of fabric by Riley Blake, that I bought from an online fabric shop, Prints to Polka Dots.....

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.....I didn't have enough wadding in one whole piece, so I cleverly pieced together some off cuts, and used this fusible tape to bond the edges together - this is so much quicker than zig-zagging the wadding together by machine, and keeps the wadding nice and smooth. The quilt top was then spray basted into place (I always use 505 spray - this method of basting a quilt is so much quicker than using pins - and much less painful too!!..........

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.....this is quilted very simply, with lots of straight rows of quilting, ½" apart. I didn't even use the Clover Hera Marker for this quilt - I used "stitch-in-the-ditch" to anchor the quilt into place, then used the edge of my walking foot as a guide. I had set the stitch length to 3mm and I'd already wound several bobbins of white Mettler quilting thread before I started!! Once the quilting is finished, the edges are trimmed straight, and I've sewed one of my labels onto the back..... 



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.....I used a double fold binding, and sewed this on ¼" from the edge of the quilt. The corners are mitred as I go, and finally the biding is then folded over to the back and slip stitched into place by hand..... 



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.....and here it is finished - the perfect baby quilt for a perfect baby girl! This really does make a super gift for a new baby - and as several of my friends are expecting babies, I need to have a little supply of them ready to send off as gifts. Now which one of them will have a little girl?

8 Comments
Eva
5/12/2012 11:59:15 am

The baby quilt is beautiful :-)

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Nicola link
5/12/2012 01:29:46 pm

Thanks Eva - I really like this one too!

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Sandy
5/12/2012 05:21:50 pm

Adorable. I think I'll make 2 doll quilts for my GD and GGD. Thanks.

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Nicola link
6/12/2012 12:19:34 pm

Thanks Sandy - I may try this pattern for a dolls quilt too!!

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Erica link
6/12/2012 08:38:16 pm

This is beautiful! The fabrics are so cheery and your quilting complements the design so well. Thanks for sharing!

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Nicola link
15/12/2012 02:57:29 am

Thanks Erica :)

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Helen
3/4/2015 04:14:58 pm

Like you I have a few babies due in the family soon and have a few charm packs on hand - this pattern is perfect and thanks for the fusible tape and 505 tips - invaluable !

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Nicola link
3/4/2015 11:59:09 pm

You''ll really enjoy making this pattern Helen... there are are lots of pictures of quilts mafe with this pattern and different charm packs in the "Quilts" folder on my blog too.

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