First Baby Quilt of 2010

How cute! Does it have a home or is it waiting to be needed?

Very pretty, Joan. Love your knitting, too!

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It's Bella Rosa from Miss Rosie Quilt Company. It's the only one of her patterns that I've seen that had both piecing and applique. I'd been collecting fabric for a brown/pink quilt and it seemed a perfect fit.

Yes, the quilt has a home. DS#1's college roommate and wife just had a baby girl. So the quilt will be winding its way to San Francisco sometime soon.

The edges of tumbler quilts are problematic. I hate hacking off perfectly good fabric to make the smooth edges. But the thought of all that bias binding, probaby sewn down by hand, makes me forget my good intentions. joan

Done.

I have just put together a tumbler top using 3 charm pack from Freshly Squeezed ( by Sandy Gervais). Now those colours are WAY out of my comfort zone. At the moment it is about 43" x 47" but I still have to decide if I will leave it that size or add borders. Probably the later if/when I find something to co ordinate with it.

Dee in Oz

Had you ever thought of doing a facing, Joan - for the Tumbler edge I mean? They are no more trouble than bindings, and sometimes less! like when an edge is not straight. OR You could appliqué the staggered edge to a straight strip of fabric. Then you have a straight edge to bind. . In message , joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska writes

Pretty, pretty! I'm very partial to florals and dainty calicos. :-)

Michelle in Nevada