Monday, June 25, 2012

Zany Zigzag Baby Quilt


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.

6 comments:

  1. oh this zig-zag quilt is just darling, Rachel!! Love how it's scrappy yet has so much contrast. Nice!!

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  2. Great baby quilt! I love the scrappy colors.

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  3. Beautiful - love the chevrons!

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  4. This is a wonderful zig zag, which is still one of my most favourite patterns. It will be perfect for a new baby.

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  5. Beautiful placement of colors. What a lucky baby!!

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