Urban Life Quilt for a Baby Girl

Quilt back

Photos are not the best because they were taken inside on a stormy day.  My haircutter, Emily, who no longer works, still comes to my home and cuts my hair, whenever I need a haircut.  She and her husband are adding to their family; they have two great boys and the new baby is a girl!  I used some of my precious Central Park fabric for this baby quilt.  I love the pantograph called Jungle Animals.

The quilt measures 46 x 48 inches.

May your bobbins always be full,

I have a lovely stack of quilts...

And they need binding!

Five quilts in my UFO pile.  I've picked them up from my long-arm quilter, Janelle, and I'm determined to finish them before I start on a new project.  The new project will be a Meadow Quilt.  I did take some time yesterday and plotted color placement.  I'm pretty satisfied, but I'll most likely fool around with it a little more before I start cutting.  An interesting thing about the Meadow Quilt, is you don't use your rotary cutter very much!  Very old school.

May your bobbins always be full,

Quilt Back for the Urban Life Baby Quilt

After making the Urban Life quilt top from Central Park fabric, I had 20 - 1" x 10" fabric strips left over.  I spent yesterday afternoon making these four blocks.  I'm calling them "Pick Up Sticks" quilt blocks.

Today I decided to separate them by a 3.5" strip and put them half way on the quilt back.

The quilt top is below.

I'm taking a wee sewing break.  Believe it or not, I need to clean the garage and get rid of some things.  I think February is the perfect month for that task.  I still have plenty of Bob's things to make decisions about.  Boxes and boxes of "stuff"!  I need to clean my closets, too!  Imagine that.

May your bobbins always be full,

Urban Life Quilt Top for a Baby Girl

We're having a gusty, blustery day, here in Murrieta.

There's just too much wind to get a decent photo, so I took it inside!

The quilt top for Emily's baby girl is finished.  It measures 48" x 48", and I can't decide which way I like it best.  On a square quilt, I guess it doesn't matter.  Now I need to decide on the quilt back, I have an idea, we'll see if it works!

May your bobbins always be full,

Central Park baby quilt

Just because I haven't been posting, doesn't mean I haven't been busy.  My wonderful haircutter, Emily, spoils me by coming to my home to cut my hair.  She has two handsome boys, and this Spring she will add a little girl to her family.  This quilt is for the new baby.

I've been saving a layer cake of Central Park by Kate Spain, for a long time.  This project will use half of the layer cake; I'll save the rest for future inspiration.

I normally don't use patterns, but I'm using the Quilt 2 pattern, from Urban Life by Crazy Old Ladies.  I'm eliminating the top and bottom borders to give it a modern look.  It's a very simple pattern but very time-consuming.

May your bobbins always be full,