Knock knock...anybody still there??? Sorry it's been so long since my last post but...well...you know...LIFE!!! I've been sewing my little heart out, but basically couldn't post anything because they've all be gifts!
The first of these items has been gifted today to my daughter who is due with a girl mid-August. Today is her baby shower, which I couldn't attend, but I mailed her the items. Hopefully, by the time I get this post done, she will have opened the gifts and I won't be ruining the surprise by posting on here.
She said she is planning a "Native American" themed nursery, so I saw pictures of this quilt pattern online and fell in love with it! HOWEVER...it is paper-pieced and I had NEVER done paper-piecing before!!! I watched a video online (isn't the internet GREAT???) and then dove right in! This was made ENTIRELY from stash. The pattern is called "My Tribe" and is in the book Intentional Piecing by Amy Friend. I quilted it on my Tin Lizzie18 sit-down long-arm machine...
The original pattern didn't have the flying geese blocks at the top and the bottom, but I wanted the quilt slightly larger than the pattern. I used my Accuquilt GO flying geese die to make a row to add to the top and bottom.
The backing was pieced out of some yardage in my stash...
I decided to hand-write the label instead of machine embroidering it this time. The name was left blank because they haven't settled on the final name, yet. This way they can write the name in when the baby is named.
As is also my tradition for new grandbabies...I made 3 double-sided flannel receiving blankets and crocheted around the edges...
I make matching double-sided burp cloths out of the leftover flannel...
Loretta
