The evolution
of a quilt can be interesting at times. This one started when a friend of mine
told me she was expecting a little girl. Her colors were purple and pink, and
her theme was flowers and butterflies. Since I didn’t have many pink fabrics in
my stash, I bought a few half yards and pulled more fabrics from my shelves.
The stack sat and sat until I decided on a pattern. I knew I wanted to use
half-square triangles, but was stuck until I saw Cluck Cluck Sew’s Scrappy Chevron quilt. Then I had to swap out fabrics until I had an equal number of
light pinks and dark purples. Each block is a chevron made from one purple
print and one pink print. I made more blocks than necessary so that I could
rearrange them until the zigzags turned out how I wanted them to.
Quilting this
baby quilt was especially satisfying. I used two colors of thread, pink in the
pink zigzags and purple in the purple zigzags and followed the seams. The back
is a flowery print that I’ve used for a backing before. The binding is Thistle,
a Kona solid. I am quite satisfied with the results and can’t wait to give it
to its new owner.
Linking up to Sew Modern Mondays.
oh this zig-zag quilt is just darling, Rachel!! Love how it's scrappy yet has so much contrast. Nice!!
ReplyDeleteGreat baby quilt! I love the scrappy colors.
ReplyDeleteWell done!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful - love the chevrons!
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful zig zag, which is still one of my most favourite patterns. It will be perfect for a new baby.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful placement of colors. What a lucky baby!!
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