Baby Quilt

Quilt front

Unlike my t-shirt quilt, I made this baby quilt over a few days.
I even tried a new way to sew on the binding in one strip.

Quilt Back

I used flannel for the front and fleece for the back.
I used 5 different flannel patterns and cut them into 5 inch strips with a 1/2 inch seam.
My goal was to have 4 in squares.
Then I sewed the strips together in the order I wanted them for each row.
Then I sewed them together and cut them into 5 inch strips which saved a lot of time cutting into individual 5 inch squares.
The only problem with this was that I needed to reinforce the ends so the stitching wouldn't come out.

After I sewed them together I laid the front onto the back and stitched in the ditch over all the seams.
I used this method <click here>  to put on the binding. I made the binding from another piece of flannel.

Happy New Year's Eve

This is definitely a happy day.  I finally finished my t-shirt quilt that I started in August.  Now I can update this blog which I've been very amiss at since November and then the memoir that I've been talking about for 7 years.  At least during all that time, I've read everyone else's memoirs.

This is the front of the quilt.

 The backing is black fleece.

And it's a good thing I got it done today because when I made my signature piece I dated it 12/2014.
BTW - the binding is a black on black design which you can see at the bottom of this pic.