Elise’s quilt is finished! And I love it.
Elise loves it too. It’s a twin size for her new big girl bed (more on that at a later date) and it ended up being 63.5″ x 85″ (post washing). I was aiming for a bit larger for each dimension, but it seems I always lose a few inches trimming it up at the end.
This Michael Miller Children at Play Balloons fabric inspired my color palette for the entire quilt. Pinks, corals, aquas, grays and white. I loved it the minute I saw it.
I spent a lot of my life disliking things like hearts and pink, but now I find myself totally drawn to them. I guess that’s what having a little girl will do to you! (Even if said little girl couldn’t care less about such things.)
The squares started out 6″x6″ (so 5.5″ finished size) and the white stripes started out 4″ high (3.5″ high finished).
I used a mixture of designer prints and “non-designer” prints from the big fabric stores. Michael Miller is well represented here, but there are also souches of Anna Maria Horner and Riley Blake. And a few from Jo-Ann under the DS Quilts label. There’s also one of those cheapie fat quarters rolls they sell for a buck in there, but I challenge you to figure out which one it is.
The solid white is Kona and the large swath of gray on the back is another solid quilting fabric, both from Jo-Ann.
Total time spent on this quilt was about 27-28 hours (spread out over a month or so). I’m pretty sure I’m not going to make another quilt this large until I have another kid to make it for! I’m ready to work on something with more immediate gratification!
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Other posts in this series:
1. Planning and cutting
2. Assembling the quilt top
3. Assembling the quilt back
4. Quilting
5. Binding
6. Finished Quilt
This is gorgeous. I was looking for a quilt with stripes and patchwork. I love it!
Glad you like it!