Baby Quilt Update & Happy Dance

it's wonderful! stitching in the ditch is an art too! it isn't easy staying in the ditch!

"Jessamy" wrote in news:44a903c0$0$75016$ snipped-for-privacy@news.wanadoo.nl:

thank you!

Yes, that's why I said "more or less in the ditch"!! ;o) Especially as the sqares aren't exactly straight either.... I'm not worried about those "faults". That's what makes it hand made & made with love by me! ;o)

"joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:

I would never have thought to make anything with a black back ground! Isn't it interesting how we all think so differently!

Having said that, I found a lovely baby quilt with a black w/white dots back ground. It's gorgeous:

I use SITD for a lot of my magazine work and I often wobble a tad - it doesn't show there either ;-)

I particularly like the border bright stripe around the back of the quilt. The quilt is lovely!

That's beautiful! I love the bright strip on the back too! That's one very lucky baby to receive that blanket!

Dannielle

m> Thank you to everyone for your help & feedback on this baby quilt that I

Done is terrific! That is an adorable quilt and beautiful too. Linda in Tx

It's adorable! chipper

Mini: Excellent ... such clever back art. Happy dancing in Virginia! PAT

m> Thank you to everyone for your help & feedback on this baby quilt that I

Pat in Virginia wrote in news:ilbqg.302337$5Z.217874@dukeread02:

Thank you everyone for the nice comments on my baby quilt.

The back art was a happy accident. I had originally made the quilt with only the inside sqares and already cut the back for that size. Then since the quilt was really too small, I added the two color stips & borders. Then realized I didn't have enough fabric to cover the whole back.... so, I had to piece the back.

I wouldn't have done it had it not been for the mess up in cutting. But I'm glad it turned out this way.

I just came back from sending it off to it's new home.

Yeah! :o)

"Jessamy" wrote in news:44a9138a$0$23707$ snipped-for-privacy@news.wanadoo.nl:

I like SITD & I like grids too. But my plans were all about daisies & butterflies & colored thread... :o) I'm a believer of KISS! (Keep it simple, silly!)

You are right, once the quilt is washed & dried & the little puckers & dimple arrive you don't really see the wobbles.

"elspeth" wrote in news:At8qg.2123$ snipped-for-privacy@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net:

Thank you! It was an complete accident that it turned out that way. I mentioned in a reply to Pat in VA.

mini Mini wrote in news:Xns97F58BB3547CCmininospamateasycom@212.40.5.54:

Thank you everyone! You are all so kind!! (sorry not to reply to each personally. I know that is frowned upon in some groups.... But I appreciate ever reply! :o)

Don't you just love those little bits of serendipity that jump into our quilts sometimes? Sometimes I think the quilt does most of the creative work and I'm just along to run the SM ;-)

Anne > Pat in Virginia wrote in

Hi Mini,

I was amazed when I looked at the photos of your beautiful baby quilt. I just got the pieces cut out for a baby g ift that will be almost the same quilt! I hope mine turns out as beautiful. The difference is in the stripes of color in the border. The pattern calls for one stripe of one fabric. I love your idea of two stripes and making them multi-fabric. Can I please have permission to "steal" your design? It's really much prettier than the pattern I have, which my mom sent me from some old magazine.

Thanks, Sunny

m> Thank you to everyone for your help & feedback on this baby quilt that I

"S" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@l70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

Of course you can! I had initially planned on making this quilt:

Then when the quilt was too small, I stitched the remaining 4" squares together then cut out 3 1" strips. I would have done 4 1" but I need to cut some off to make the strips more or less straight! ;o) Basically, I didn't have anything else to do with these pastel squares so I wanted to use them up.

I can't wait to see yours!