Last quilt before Christmas!

Okay, I'll admit it - I slightly overbooked myself for Christmas this year, but I finally finished the last "has to be done" quilt today. This is one my niece and I made together (her first) for her little girl's first big-girl bed.

Our first challenge was come up with a design. She didn't really want to make a traditional block quilt, and we wanted to make it fairly simple and not too time consuming. Once the design was determined, we had to find fabric that matched the paint color in the room that was to become Ms. P's bedroom. It was a blue-gray color and perfect for it's former purpose as an office, but not so much for a little girl's room. But, she didn't want to repaint, so ... off to the LQS, where we chose seven blue-gray fabrics to create the background.

To keep it on the feminine side, she chose pink and purple for the accent colors. At this point, I wasn't too sure how this was going to turn out, but I thought Fairy Frost would help with the "feminization." Connie at the LQS special ordered the colors we wanted, and we were in business.

My niece sewed all the background squares together as well as doing all the applique (except for the ballerina slippers). About the time that was done, she announced that instead of getting a twin-size bed, they had decided to get a full-size. Thankfully we hadn't started the quilting yet, so we were able to adjust by inserting a strip of each of the two accent colors and adding borders. In the meantime, we started a search for the backing and came up with this:

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We worked together to quilt it, and then she sewed the binding to the front. I did most of the hand stitching of the binding, but I left about

18" for her to do so she can be the one to put in the last stitches and call it done! She's going to add some throw pillows, and she has three wall decorations that have the same colors, so Ms. P will have quite the coordinated room!

Well, that was a long story and probably more than you wanted to know. If you'd like to take a look at a couple of the pictures, they're the first two in my 2010 Quilts album on Webshots. This link should take you to them:

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Louise in Iowa
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What a great solution to a not-so-feminine paint color. And a great job and project for a first quilt! Congrats to your niece and I hope she's inspired to continue her own quilting adventures.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Okay, I'll admit it - I slightly overbooked myself for Christmas this year, but I finally finished the last "has to be done" quilt today. This is one my niece and I made together (her first) for her little girl's first big-girl bed.

Our first challenge was come up with a design. She didn't really want to make a traditional block quilt, and we wanted to make it fairly simple and not too time consuming. Once the design was determined, we had to find fabric that matched the paint color in the room that was to become Ms. P's bedroom. It was a blue-gray color and perfect for it's former purpose as an office, but not so much for a little girl's room. But, she didn't want to repaint, so ... off to the LQS, where we chose seven blue-gray fabrics to create the background.

To keep it on the feminine side, she chose pink and purple for the accent colors. At this point, I wasn't too sure how this was going to turn out, but I thought Fairy Frost would help with the "feminization." Connie at the LQS special ordered the colors we wanted, and we were in business.

My niece sewed all the background squares together as well as doing all the applique (except for the ballerina slippers). About the time that was done, she announced that instead of getting a twin-size bed, they had decided to get a full-size. Thankfully we hadn't started the quilting yet, so we were able to adjust by inserting a strip of each of the two accent colors and adding borders. In the meantime, we started a search for the backing and came up with this:

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We worked together to quilt it, and then she sewed the binding to the front. I did most of the hand stitching of the binding, but I left about

18" for her to do so she can be the one to put in the last stitches and call it done! She's going to add some throw pillows, and she has three wall decorations that have the same colors, so Ms. P will have quite the coordinated room!

Well, that was a long story and probably more than you wanted to know. If you'd like to take a look at a couple of the pictures, they're the first two in my 2010 Quilts album on Webshots. This link should take you to them:

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Thanks for looking.

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Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Thanks, Leslie! I think she'll continue - she's already talking about a t-shirt quilt for her husband, and I'm pretty sure she'll want to do something special for the next baby (due in April) when he/she gets a little older. She has her own sewing machine, but she likes to come over here to use mine, as it's set into a table and easier to work with. I like that too, because then I get to babysit while she's sewing!

Louise > What a great solution to a not-so-feminine paint color. And a great job

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The Fairy Frost was a wonderful idea. It's not showing really in the pictures but I'm sure it gives it some pretty sparkle. I love the appliqué and your quilting, as always, is gorgeous. Polly, president of Louise's fan club

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That's a wonderful quilt, Louise! The color combinations are perfect! The icing on the cake is your lovely quilting. I think you and your niece nailed this quilt and it will be a family treasure for a long, long time. Kathyl.......a member of Louise's fan club!

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Howdy!

Best reason to make the quilt, you had a great time. Cute quilt!

R/Sandy

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Thanks, Taria. We had such a great time, and while Ms. P doesn't quite

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Yep! And it's also a good reason to keep on making them.

Merry Christmas!

Louise > Howdy!

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