Dream Big Quilt

 Good morning friends and happy Monday!

Today I have a quilt to share that I started back in March 2022

and finally finished the binding this weekend!

The pattern is from the book, Charming Baby Quilts by my friend

Melissa Corry.  I saw one of her trunk shows when we were both teaching

and presenting at an event in February.  She shared all of the baby quilts from her book

plus alternate, bigger versions!  I was so inspired by all of the great patterns in the

book, as well as, the dark backgrounds she used in many of the quilts.

So I decided to make the Dream Big pattern

with neutral prints for the blocks and a navy floral for the background.

My friend wanted to make it with me in the same colors

so we swapped neutral squares.  It was such a great way to get a large

assortment of prints and freshen up the fabrics I had to work with

without spending a dime (the ones I had and contributed

were all from my stash!)

Melissa has instructions on her blog for how to make the 

quilts from the book, bigger because she's awesome like that.

Click HERE for details.

I fell in love with the navy floral I used.  It's a tone-on-tone Liberty

fabric by Riley Blake Designs.  

It's from their Wiltshire Shadow Collection.  I believe

it's the royal blue color but I'm not 100% on that.

I actually finished the quilt top and got it quilted in May but it took me 

FOREVER to bind it because so many other projects took precedence around that time!  

The quilting was done by Jen Ostler in Highland, UT. and she used the Gemma 3 panto.

I think it complimented the blocks perfectly!

The backing and binding fabrics are from the line,

All Hallows Eve by Fig Tree Quilts (but it's not

Halloween-y at all!)  It's just a nice tan/cream floral.

I'm really happy with the way it turned out.

If you've followed me for a while you know I love blue and white

quilts.  I've made several.  They're classic and never go out of style!

My awesome nephew and his awesome girlfriend

just bought a house together so I am going to send this to them

as a housewarming gift!  I hope they like it!

I think this is such a great pattern; it would be

great in any colorway.  You can grab Melissa's book at many online retailers.

Just google, "Charming Baby Quilts by Melissa Corry"!

Have a great day friends!