My poor hubby… He waited a while to get his own quilt. Not because I didn’t want to make one for him, but just because I always had a project with some sort of deadline. When I finally got to the quilting part, I decided to try free motion quilting on my little home machine (Brother) but it was too big and heavy for me to do it with my sanity intact. So I came up with a genius idea. Why not hand quilt it? Yeah, it was brilliant…
Dan picked out the fabric, the pattern and the layout. All I did was stitch.
Dan uses it every night. I gotta admit, I’ve been known to try to steal it. It never works.
The backing:
See that little crazy pieced strip between the white fabrics? Dan actually sewed that piece himself from the scraps. He’s just good like that.
Here’s a better look at the quilting and the binding.
I had a tiny little helper at the park when I took photos. Isn’t he cute?!
I think they like it…
And just one more gratuitous photo:
He’s only had it for two months and is already planning another one for me to make him.
Quilt Stats Name: Dan’s Orange & Grey Quilt Size: about 60″ x 78″ Pattern: “Happy Baby Quilt” by Kristine Lundblad (Modern Patchwork magazine, Spring 2013) Fabric: all from Joann Quilting: Hand stitched by me Started: July 19, 2013 Finished: February 8, 2014
Sparrow Stitches 