Elizabeth Has Arrived!!

Little miss Elizabeth has graced us with her presence! She is the cutest little bundle, and you all know what that means! I finally got to finish her quilt and give it to her wonderful mother, my cousin.  As planned I cut out the letters for her name and blanket stitched them on. I used Lite Steam-A-Seam 2 to stabalize the letters on the quilt top. So, drum roll please, here are the pictures!

This is the quilted and bound, finished product.

I learned something very important while appliqueing: Be careful when putting a light fabric on top of a darker patterened fabric, it has a tendency to show through.

Some of the quilting that I did in the blocks, I did get to put the little birdies in, just like I planned, chirp chirp!

The quilting in the borders, I absolutely love the little rosebud, can you see it?

I changed the game plan a little bit and went with a minky backing. It's the first time I ever used one, and I put in on the longarm. I found that it was very stretchy, so using my side clamps had to be done with a lighter touch. I also noticed when I was done that the minky covers up most of the quilting, I was a little disappointed with that, but it's really good if you've got a couple of stitches that you're not so fond of.

Overall I loved making this quilt. The new mommy, daddy and grandma really seemed to like it too. When her daddy came home from work one of the first things he did was put the minky up to his face! Incorporating the bedding that she used in her room turned out to be a big hit too.  The quilt matched perfectly with her entire room. I'm so happy I was able to make this for her.