When I started this baby quilt yesterday I did not think I would have the machine work done already today, but miracles happen when the first day of spring is cold and rainy! Yes I was in the house just about all day. We have not gotten any snow as of yet and it really looks on the weather map that the snow will be north, west and south of us forming a kind of C shape around us with us in that open area. In the area of Arkansas that a lot of my family lives in the north area they are expecting 8 to 12 inches!!! Wow glad that is missing us here in the central part of the state.
Here is what I came up with for the patchwork – this is just something that I made up – no pattern available. I used the width of the charms and chopped it up adding the sections from my stash of the yellowish color for the applique areas. I think I had 4 or 5 charms leftover and 4 of those I had not intended to use as they didn’t quite go with the rest of stuff for some reason:
It measures something like 46 x 49 and I will add a small outer border around it - maybe in the yellowish shape that the applique pieces will be in. I think I have enough of it left - maybe a thin border of scallop edges or wavy edges? Something to think about while I do the applique. I wasn't going to sew it all together but do the applique work first but change my mind. I can roll or fold certain ways to get the work done.
Each of the pieces of creamy yellow fabric - 20 places I believe (it might look like more but some of them are actually light beige prints) will have an applique flower on it or some type of thing - like a heart maybe - something like that - these are some of the fabrics that I will use for flowers and greenery - there is more from the stash to look at but for now this is what I am starting with.
The give away winner will be announced Monday and the comments will be closed first thing on that morning when I get up. I can’t believe how many comments have come in. I have been trying to look at all the blogs and marking some to go back to look at again.
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Karen, Sorry about your weather but, yikes, look what you got done because of it!!! It’s just lovely already! Looks like some little girl baby will one day have a wonderful, soft, lovely quilt to wrap up in.
I like random patchwork like that. I’m sure your applique will look great on it.
We had snow all day but the roads were too warm for it to stick so it is just a bit on the grass. We lucked out today so I hope we don’t get more tonight.
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I’m breathless! LOL! Made a quilt in a jiffy! It’s lovely, Karen and I love the “simple” way you have made it. I know it’s going to look even more lovely with some applique on!
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I can’t wait to see what applique you do. The quilt looks great already.
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The quilt looks great so far. Look forward to see the finished quilt.
Here it’s snowing today.
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I can hear the wheels grinding in your head as you are designing your next step. This is going to be such a pretty quilt, perfect for a little one :0)
Crispy
FABULOUS! Can’t wait to see the applique you put on this little quilt!
You are very talented, Karen!
Rambler
thanks everyone. Some of the applique flowers I am planning on using are in Cynthia Tomaszewski’s books – she has some cute flowers. I will use brighter pastels than what are in the quilt to make it pop a little.
My, what a cute baby quilt! I like your applique ideas.
You are very productive! Thanks for sharing.
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