First Memory Quilt Finished

A work colleague saved her children's baby clothes hoping to have quilts made out of them. After being unable to find someone to make the quilts, I volunteered and this is the final result. It was hard to cut up such beautiful clothes (even though they held no significant memories for me) but the look on her face when the quilt was finished was worth it. 

 Again it was a chance to play around with free motion quilting.

Pink and grey were the colours her daughter liked best. The quilt is 48 x 60 inches and all quilting fabric came from my stash.

Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts. 
Happy stitching
Jenell.

Bright Birch Finished

I have been on a free motion journey. I decided to quilt my Bright Birch myself and mix it up a bit. So free motion meander was trialled and used on 14 of the 20 blocks in this quilt. I haven't meandered before and after a rough start found a rhythm. There are lots of photos in this post.

 Each block was quilted individually and the thread was colour matched to the background fabric. Six of the blocks were quilted with different designs to add variety for the eye and to have a break from meandering.

A spotty stripe was chosen for the backing which complemented many of the colours on the front. it also hid most of my quilting which was in lime green on the reverse. Unfortunately the photo below of the back is not showing the backing in all its bright glory.

I love this scrap quilt. A simple pattern by Crazy Mom Quilts and an easy make. I will definitely make this again. I think it would be a good leader and ender project preparing the strips and the scrap bucket is always always out of control.

Linking up with Finish it Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts.

Happy stitching.
Jenell