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Thursday, October 25, 2012

A simple quilt

 This was a baby gift for a quilting friend.  
It was inspired  by this post by Sandra Saunders.


It was probably my second or third attempt at machine quilting it myself.  I finally learned how to install my walking foot that I got last year for Christmas and marked the lines with a water soluble marker.  It was fun to zip along ~ so smooth and no tucks!


My squares were cut at 6 1/2".
My sashing was cut at 2 1/2".
My outer border was cut at 4".


I'm glad I found the white with grey dot background fabric.
I later found out that my friend doesn't like solid white backgrounds!?!  That's kind of my "go-to" filler fabric so I'm glad I decided to mix things up this time!


A simple little homemade gift.
Perfect for snuggling with :)
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23 comments:

  1. Danih03October 25, 2012 at 9:49 AM

    Very cute! Love those little trucks block!

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  2. Jackie's StitchesOctober 25, 2012 at 4:52 PM

    The title of this post is "A simple quilt". I'd say it packs a big punch though. Each of your fabric selections is absolutely perfect and I love the rick rack and binding. They're the perfect touch!

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  3. galeOctober 25, 2012 at 6:02 PM

    I also prefer some kind of non-solid-white background so I love that gray dot!! Beautiful little quilt. I love the rick rack in the border.

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  4. HolliOctober 25, 2012 at 8:25 PM

    Very cute baby blanket - love the colors (the background too - grey dots great choice!) and that ric-rac trim is terrific!

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  5. dream quilt createOctober 25, 2012 at 9:28 PM

    The quilt is really beautiful!

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  6. dream quilt createOctober 25, 2012 at 9:29 PM

    I think the quilt is beautiful and so is the quilting. I love the Rick rack too!

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  7. AnonymousOctober 26, 2012 at 1:32 PM

    It is adorable.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 28, 2012 at 4:45 PM

    So clean and beautiful!

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  9. BeverlyOctober 29, 2012 at 12:34 PM

    Such a sweet little quilt Amber. The background is perfect as is the large ric-rac. I know what you mean about the quilting. I am finally venturing out and doing some straight line machine quilting too. Yours looks great.

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  10. LynetteOctober 29, 2012 at 5:30 PM

    It's a wonderful quilt! Love the ric-rac on the sides.

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  11. Gigi's ThimbleOctober 30, 2012 at 7:46 AM

    Mindi,

    The fabric is called Stella Dot from DEARSTELLADESIGN.COM. I hope that helps!

    Amber

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  12. CarlaOctober 30, 2012 at 2:17 PM

    Cute quilt and I love the touch of ric rac.

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  13. ThimbleannaNovember 4, 2012 at 6:48 AM

    That's adorable Amber! I love the colors!

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  14. CarlaNovember 4, 2012 at 9:45 AM

    Simple and very sweet.

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  15. CassieNovember 4, 2012 at 10:29 PM

    That is awesome that you can quilt your own quilts. Love the fabrics and colors you've chosen. Lucky friend!

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  16. DianeNovember 15, 2012 at 8:55 AM

    Super adorable quilt!

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  17. Debbie :)November 16, 2012 at 5:38 PM

    Where did you get your fabric? All from dearstelladesign.com? I am having such a tough time finding cute fabrics like these!

    Great job.

    Debbie.

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  18. Debbie :)November 17, 2012 at 4:24 PM

    I love the fabrics in this quilt! Where did you get such great fabrics?

    thanks!

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  19. DanaNovember 19, 2012 at 12:49 PM

    so cute! how did you do the ric rac?

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  20. CindyJanuary 29, 2013 at 12:03 AM

    I think just maybe I can do this--love it much. Thanks for the info.

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  21. China AliJune 18, 2016 at 12:36 PM

    No tutorial? I think I can figure it out, but she tutorial would be great.

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  22. JanetFebruary 22, 2017 at 6:59 PM

    Thank you for the inspiration. After looking at your photos I put together a charm square baby quilt of my own.

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