Friday Finish

Here's a cutie of a Friday Finish to share, Birds and Bees Baby is quilted, bound, and on it's way to the baby shower! Drum roll please... the sex of the baby is now known, and pink will be quite appropriate.

I had to measure it several times, just to make sure, because even though it looks longer than tall, it's square! It finished up at 34"x34", which was unintentional, but a pleasant surprise. I made a valiant halfhearted attempt at calculating the number of tumblers I could cut, gave up, cut as many tumblers as possible, and arranged the layout to maximize the cutting. I think there were 2 tumblers left over!

I thought this would be a nice size for outings in the car seat or stroller, without being too large. Babies seem to require packing approximately 75 pounds of stuff into a diaper bag and that's just to get out of the driveway. Hopefully this won't take up a ton of room and will be easy to carry around.

I wish I could tell you what batting I used, because it was awesome. I found a perfectly sized remnant out of my batting scraps tote.  I didn't get a picture of the quilt post wash/dry, but it scarcely shrunk, and while it crinkled some, it fluffed up even more. The result was wonderfully soft and puffy. It's quilted by SITD and a squiggly line stitch in the boarder.

The backing, fluttering in the wind

The backing is Robert Kaufman's "All My Heart, and it really matches up well with the colors from the top. Whichever side baby sees, there are lots of pretty colors and shapes to see. 

I hope you're as ready for the weekend as I am! Happy Friday!

Best,
Heather

If you'd like to read more about this, please visit this post on my blog. 

Berrylicious Bundle! Sunday Stash!

Being that I was on the other side of town Friday, I decided to pop in to one of our LQS'. So happy I did - I found the perfect backing fabric for birds and bees baby. Mom's favorite color is purple, dad is a chef, they bake together in their spare time... voila! Cupcake fabric! It's from Robert Kaufman's "All My Heart" line. It's got a touch of purple, once I saw it, I knew it was perfect.

As I walked around the shop, I kept being drawn back to a solid coral color. My stash is sorely lacking in solids, and I decided it must come home with me. These 6 berry beauties are from Northcott. Northcott solids are new to me, but I have only heard positive reviews. They feel lovely and the LQS had dozens of beautiful colors to choose from. I thought that they looked like yummy berry sorbets. This is my berrylicious bundle!

Linking up to the newly engaged Molli Sparkles Sunday Stash!

Best,
Heather