Sunshine and Daydreams

So this is my latest baby blanket.

I really love it if I do say so myself. It’s supposed to be remeniscent of lying in the grass looking up at the sky. Remember that? I do. And it always makes me feel good. So I took solid pieces of the grass fabric and overlaid sky printed fabric and cut out the swirl shapes. I’ve got a thing for spirals right now. Anyway, then I put an white and black striped edge around the blanket and backed it with a bright sunshine yellow batik.

Quilting was a challenge. i knew the look I was going for, but I’m just getting started with freeform stitching. I outlined all of the main shapes and then just started stitching lines outward from the shapes with 1/4-1/2 inch gaps between. I think it really gives it a nice effect. No?

Here are the pics.

How it all started.

This all started with a potential trip to France and Spain.

My son’s French class is planning a big trip over there next spring and there’s no way he’s seeing Paris before I do! So, with a $5000 cost ahead of me, I decided that I would try and sell some baby blankets.  I found Etsy.com through a friend and it seemed like the perfect place for my stuff.

I had ordered a large quantity of Girlfriends fabric by Jennifer Paginelli of SisBoom. Love her! (www.freespirit.com) I wanted to make myself a quilt for my room. Instead, I choked up and decided to make baby quilts out of it.  This is the first one.

Dawn