I can’t believe it’s been nearly a year since my last quilting adventure! Yikes! I really do enjoy doing so many different types of projects, but that often means I don’t do any one of them as often as I might like.
This was a refreshing bit of sewing, made for a family friend (Hi Blair!) who is expecting a baby soon. The gingham pattern left little to fret over. No selecting and coordinating prints. I do love that aspect of quilting, but it takes some time and brain power, both of which I could stand to have more of these days.
The finished quilt measured 34″ x 52.5″. My squares ended up being 5″ finished, so 5.5″ to start.
For the record, I was inspired by the design of this gingham quilt. I ripped it off, yellow binding and all.
To keep it looking lighter and more babyish, I made sure the edges were bordered with white & gray, not gray & dark gray. That avoids the whole dark frame effect that might look too heavy on a baby quilt.
As for fabric requirements, for the front, I bought half a yard of the dark gray, half a yard of white and a full yard of the lighter gray.
For the backing, I used a single 1.5 yard piece of fabric (Michael Miller Baby Zoology in Sea). It’s really hard to find cute gender neutral prints, but I think this was a perfect choice.
I didn’t have time to bind the quilt by hand, so I machine sewed the binding on this one. I tried a different technique and got better results sewing back side up instead of blindly sewing from the front side. Definitely sticking with this method for the next quilt. The fabric I used here was Robert Kaufman Metro Living Circles in Marigold.
