Friday, March 2, 2012

Baby quilt - Check!

Another one crossed off the project list...

This one measures 34x47 and is super soft. I usually use a solid flannel when backing these but there was a sale on some of the nicer flannel prints that made it cheaper for this starving student to get the nice stuff rather than the boring stuff. I'm really glad I did, now, because it feels so much yummier! The only downside? This stuff shed like nobody's business. I had to take a lint roller to the quilt top AND my lint trap was super full or hot-pink lint. Never had that happen before...


So this one is off to my niece! And then I have a month before I need to have another one sent off to a new baby in that same family. (See, this one is two years late, but my excuse was that I was hugely pregnant when E was born and just couldn't get it together, especially since we moved twice in the six months since E arrived, and one of those moves was across the country. But better late than never!)

Next up on the list are some little things that I've been putting off: iPad cover, fixing a tooth fairy pillow spelling error, and knocking the premie quilts out of the way. I think I can get all of that done in a week...

Edited to add that I'm linking up to Amanda's Finish it Friday link party!

5 comments:

  1. Very sweet, Caroline! Mmmm... nothing says soft and snuggly like flannel. Glad you scored some on sale. Will your next baby quilt also be in flannel?

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    1. Yep, all of my baby quilts are backed with flannel. I've considered branching off into other backings and bindings for these quilts, but each time I make one I chicken out at the last minute and just go with my tried and true method. :)

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  2. I love this! I am curious about the kind of batting you used? It looks so much loftier than normal!

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    1. I've always used the synthetic, loftiest batting I can find at JoAnns for these baby quilts. I like them to be extra puffy and squishy. This was actually an iron-on batting, but I would NOT recommend using it and I will probably never use it again. It was really difficult to work with and caused more problems than I thought it would solve. I'll just stick to pinning the quilts and skip the "convenience" of the iron-on.

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  3. cute cute. better late than never, especially with a quilt :0

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