As some of you may remember I started
this quilt some time ago and yes, I finally finished it and got it mailed out. My cousin Kelly had her baby girl, Brigid, in September and I got the quilt sent out in January. I know, not that bad by some standards, but I wish I could have had it to her about a month or so after Brigid was born. I haven't heard back from her, but I'm hoping that she got it and that she likes it. So here it is, this is my second time doing the pattern,
Bella Baby, from
Baby It's You by
Amy Hamberlin, and it's also my second time doing a quilt with a minky backing. The first quilt I did this way was
Elizabeth Ann's quilt, and I think this one turned out just as beautifully.
I did try quilting the hummingbird, dragonfly and flowers that are patterns in the fabric. The tension was a bit off and I've noticed that sometimes the minky backing will come through in the stitches, but overall I think my free-motion designs look pretty good.
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| Flower |
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| Hummingbird |
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| Dragonfly |
The first few were a bit shaky but I feel like you can tell what they are, and that's what counts. I did some more flowers and skinny leaves in the borders, unfortunately I didn't get the best pictures of them, but you might be able to see it on the picture of the back of the quilt.
The back of this quilt showed up so different than
Elizabeth Ann's, but I think that's only because I bought these two minkys at two different stores. The first minky seemed to have longer fuzz (is it called fuzz?) so it hid the quilting on the back. This one has a shorter fuzz and the quilting really shows up. After my first minky I learned that they really stretch when you put them on the longarm, so this time I was prepared. I made sure everything was squared up and tried not to pull too tightly on the backing while I was rolling up the backing. I think it worked out well. I also really love how the fabrics made different square patterns, I'm really going to have to remember that if I ever do this one again, I adore how that happened, completely unintentional but very amazing.
I have to say that my mom has been coveting this quilt since I started making it, and I have a feeling that if it didn't have Brigid's name on it, my mom would have stolen it. But I am really happy with how it turned out and I really hope she likes it!
