MAKING A BABY QUILT - 1. tutorial

Hello!  You thought you hear from me on Friday but I wanted to tell you about my new project!

Also you thought that I’m making a double size quilt – but my days have often suprises and I never know what program I have the next day (or even the same day). Tuesday I got a custom order for a small quilt for a baby girl!

I like to take photos during the progress, so I make a simple tutorial.

To make pinwheeles, I began with 6 ” squares …

This is great and easy way to make pinwheeles and dear Benta has teached this to me! So first you cut 6″ squares. I have here white squares and different red squares. You sew white and colour square together all around and then you cut it like you see above.

Put them like this to cut quicker! You will have lots of double triangles …

Open them and iron the seams open and you have all these beautiful bright squares!

Now you are ready to fix them as you like. I like a lot pinwheeles and also my friend who will get the blanket liked my earlier ‘PicNic’ blanket so this will be similar.

Do you use trays in your sewing space? I have found them very practical to keep and move pieces and blocks. They are also great extra space on a chair or your fabric boxes/baskets.

And here is the finished quilt top …

I thought that I have worked enough with orange and red and it’s time to make something blue … but I’m still very fond of these sunny, bright colours!

Also the back of the quilt looks interesting. I have already fixed the wadding and the back fabric …

… and this is ready for quilting. I enjoy stitiching the quilt – it’s like decorating it! I have put some safety pins, but most of them are in an other quilt which has became a nightmare (it waits now inspiration to continue), so I was stitching also a little bit to keep the layers together and that will be removed at the end.

I’m on my way to quilt now! The second part for making a baby quilt is coming soon!

See you tomorrow – can’t wait to see who’s name Nero is going to pick from his lottery basket!

Have a lovely time!!! 

TEJE

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