Thursday, February 13, 2014

Monkey Baby Quilt Finish

This quilt brings a big smile to my face. It was so much fun to design, and then to see it finished...yeah, I'm really happy about it.

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The blocks are 15-inches each. There are six blocks. I designed them in EQ7. They are all paper pieced.


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I pulled the fabric for the sashing out of my stash. I really like the gold tones with the purple batik. I did some fussy cutting too.


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The purple batik fabric has pink butterflies and flowers scattered throughout the print. This was my first time using batik. I am a batik convert now! It was wonderful fabric to work with. I hope it washes well. I will be using several color catchers.


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I used variegated thread for the quilting. It really blends well with the batik. The free motion quilting is an all-over design of loops and hearts.


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The quilt is backed with grey minky. I added applique for the quilt tag, and added all the information with a permanent fabric marking pen. I also made a tag with Good Golly Ginger printed on it. The back of the tag says Handmade by Katie Dold. :)


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My binding application has significantly improved. It's all machine-stitched. So, this quilt will last a lifetime.


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This baby quilt measures 40" x 56". It's big for a new baby, but it will definitely last a long time. Now it's time for me to go make an owl quilt!

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11 comments:

  1. Hi Katie, I just posted following you at NTT:-)
    Love your Monkey quilt, and even more so after reading you drew the blocks.
    Too cute.

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  2. How fun! Love the monkey face!! Gorgeous quilt :)

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  3. Your fabric choices were perfect! I love using binding that has diagonals on it. I think it adds that tiny bit of movement to the edge of the quilt. Beautiful work!

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  4. What a cute monkey! Love that you paired her with flowers!

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  5. Very cute! Love that monkey. Great job designing and implementing it too. Of course purple does happen to be my favorite color! And batiks…well it seems I might really like those a lot too. So way to go! K-

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  6. How cute! And such easy fun colors!

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  7. A perfect quilt for a baby, beautiful :-)

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  8. oh my goodness, Katie!! This quilt is too adorable! That monkey just makes me smile!

    Thank you so much for sharing this at Needle and Thread Thursday!

    :) Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation

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  9. Oh wow, that monkey is absolutely adorable! :D When I first glanced at the quilt, I assumed it was all appliqué, that's amazing that you paper-pieced it all. :) Such a fun quilt, I'm sure any baby would love it!

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  10. Awww, this is adorable! Love the use of purple as a background and I think the binding and contrasting yellow bits look fab!

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