Lady Behind the Quilt
Narinder’s friends are having a baby. I got late notice when a thank-you card arrived for a baby gift Narinder gave them. However, I decided to make a quilt, too. This one came from a recent Block magazine devoted to baby quilts. I made it one row longer than the pattern. I love the layer cake I used for the blocks. It’s so bright and cheery, leading to the name for this quilt, “Hello and Cheerio.” Overall, it’s a happy quilt. I felt happy working on it and the days I spent sewing and quilting it were generally cheerful for me. I like the inner border that is the same color as the background. It gives the appearance of the blocks floating on a sea of white. I need to employ this border design on more quilts. The couple having the baby are the people for whom I made the “Patches” quilt in 2014. See blog in November 2014.
- Size: 49 1/4” x 57 3/4” Crib size
- Quilting: Quilted in a meandering medium to large loop-de-loop, similar to the picture in the pattern. Free form quilting. 5 bobbins. Used Omni 100% polyester thread, named “Bright White” from Superior Threads. Quilting by Patty.
- Backing: Blue printed cotton from MSQC, the same fabric pictured in the pattern and used for the border.
- Batting: 80% cotton/20% polyester batting from Winline
- Binding: Bright green print from fabric.com. The bright green picks up the greens in the blocks and the indistinct yellow dots echo the distinct white dots in the border
- Pattern: “Baby Jump Rings” from MSQC’s Block magazine. Piecing by Patty.
- Pinned into frame May 7, 2018. Quilting on long arm quilter May 9, 2018. (Patty).
- Binding by Patty.
- QC by Spencer.
The Fabric Line
Lauren Thi McCrystle
Born June 11, 2018
