A quilt of my own design - finished for a very special baby boy!
I've had this fabric for 16 years, ever since our only craft store closed. It is a line by Debbie Mumm, called "All Aboard the Ark". I never found a pattern I liked to use the fabric. Finally, two years ago, when my niece first announced she was pregnant after several years of trying, I pulled out the fabric and got started.
It got put aside when the baby was born, and it was a little girl, Eloise. I made this instead, from scraps of fabric and lace used to make her mother clothes by my mother.
Then, surprise! Just 9 months later, my niece was pregnant again (that seems to happen often). Lachlin was born just 16 months after his sister.
I made the backing using scraps, with a label bordered by tiny "waves"! (sorry it's sideways, but my photoediting software is kaput)
I quilted with wavy lines, and a scallop stitch on my machine (again, to replicate waves). I just love the texture!
I got stumped on how to fill the corners, but when this design was issued as part of "The Splendid Sampler" series, it didn't take me long to finish it.
I finished it off with a flanged binding, my favourite way to finish a baby quilt!
Welcome to the world, Lachlin - you are very much loved and wanted!
Linking up with "Let's Make Baby Quilts" at Michelle's Romantic Triangle
