Baby Quilt Finish

 I've had nothing but sewing machine drama this week! But by using 3 different machines, I was able to complete this nifty little baby quilt for a co worker of DD.

 This elephant fabric is so adorable! I added the pretty pink hearts, using the tutorial from Cluck, Cluck, Sew...here's the LINK.

SO cute, I chose to back this with the dotted minkee type of fabric-so soft and cuddly.

 But I had drama with my spray baste. I'm not sure if it's the fabric or the batting, but my spray won't hold worth a darn!

 It held pretty well to the backing, but the quilt top was a whole other story. I'm thinking it's the new batting I got at JoAnn. It has a noticeable scrim on it and I think it might be the issue.

This was not an easy quilt to get finished.

 

Poor Bernie, broke down again. So I used my Baby Lock-old reliable work horse, to finish piecing.

Then I used my Auction-find Brother to machine quilt in a nice meandering design.

Those hearts look so cute! And perfect for a baby girl quilt!

The minky backing is so nice and soft. After a quick wash, it's just perfect-and never mind all the stops and starts in the quilting, and never mind the less than perfect backing-it's still a great little quilt! And best of all... it's done!

A Little Quilt finish

So, I mentioned that Mama Klux had given me a little  pile of fabric to use when she moved. 

 

 There were 6 panels of this little puppy kitty print-vintage from the 80's I'd guess. SO I thought I'd turn it into a quilt for the church bazaar coming up in October. I trimmed off the ugly edge prints.

 I made some of those easy star blocks to go with and give it a scrappy look. I think it helps it not look so dated. I'm planning to have this be toddler bed/crib size. Here's the layout-I also used the border print for the star center squares-the puppies and kitties are pretty cute!

 I also used those dreaded cornerstone borders. I have a hard time getting them to match up, but I must be getting better because these came out pretty good!

 I used a big meandering quilting design and I also used a different batting this time.

 I was at Hobby Lobby and they had needled poly batting, so I thought I'd give it a try. Bob said it was OK.

 See I used the border print on the back side too. And I used a dark print for the binding. It looks great! So the whole thing was completed from stash/scrap fabrics! YAY!

 And after a wash it looks great! I didn't know what to expect with the poly batting, but I like it a lot.

 It still has the same crinkly goodness as when I used the cotton batting. I used my coupon at H.L. and the regular price for the batting is only $3.99/yd!! What a good deal!!

 

Next up, I have a couple of Doll panels that Mama Klux also gave me. My Mom made some of these same panels for DD when she was a little girl!