After making three community baby quilts this year, I was so happy to finally be able to make our own baby quilt.
I decided on a chevron strippy pattern because of how many adorable vintage and new prints I had leftover from all of the other quilts, and the chevron is simple and modern looking no matter how many different prints you use.
I backed the quilt with a navy and red woven ikat dot print and bound it with navy cotton chambray. The backing and the binding are really what help to make it look modern and cool. Here’s how I pieced the strips! Continue reading
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Finally, Our Own Baby Quilt!
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Community Baby Quilt
Here’s a quick post to show you how the community baby quilts turned out from the April baby showers. Giving 30 people a block regardless of artistic ability could spiral into something pretty ugly, but if you carefully control what people are allowed to use to make their block, it will turn out adorable no matter what. (And as the putter-together of it all, you could also tweak things a bit to make it look a little better too! ;-))
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