Sewing Projects - Chevron Baby Quilt


Since the recipient of this particular project has received this one by now I guess I can finally share!

For my family and close friends I try and make a baby quilt for their gift.  I normally make them completely on the machine, but for this one I thought I would try to do a good bit of hand sewing.  I did machine piece the top on my Singer 99 but the quilting and binding was done by hand.

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Please don't mind my gross pressing towel. I promise it's clean just old!

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Pressing towel in action.

I used a great tutorial from HERE, and it is a wonderful tutorial with sizes and everything!  Love.  I normally come up with my own patterns, but for this one I decided to just use the internet and let it help me out.

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All three layers basted together and getting my hand stitching on.

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Who minds handwork when you have this view!

My goal was to have this put together and basted so I could work on it while we were on vacation in September.  (And yes I basted this together the morning before we left.)  I knew I would have some down time while Allie was napping during the day and I'm just not one to sit around and do nothing.  I had a great time sitting on the balcony, frozen drink and scissors by my side.  I don't quite know if my grandmothers would have approved but it seemed like the perfect thing to do on vacation to me.  

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Gotta love those polka dots.

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Can you see my stitches?

I chose to do a self binding on this quilt, which is where you cut the backing bigger than the top and batting and just fold it over and stitch.  I almost did this on the machine and then thought, I have done so much hand work on this one it would be a shame to wuss out and machine stitch it.  So I buckled down and spent the better part of a Saturday blind hem stitching the binding down. I was super proud of this binding as I think it's the nicest one I've done yet.  

So after many, many hours this is what I shipped off to a very lovely little boy.....



It was so pretty I just wanted to keep it for myself!  I definitely need to do a big one of these in the future for our bed.  We need another quilt to layer on for the winter months and I love this pattern.  It makes a great impact and the way it's pieced together makes it go pretty quickly and it's not too fiddly.  I'm not a real quilter, I'm much better at clothes, but this is one I'm definitely proud of.  

That mitered corner is a sexy, sexy beast.  Rawah!

Look at that beautiful corner and hand stitching.  Momma like!


Hope you're having a great Tuesday lovelies!

Comments

  1. Awesome! I am impressed...as someone who was force-fed hand stitching and quilting from age 7-14 and hated it. Then, I discovered the wonder of embroidery and still have some of my projects safely stashed. The quilt is beautiful, and I am guessing must be for a baby Rebel, unless you also happen to be from Graham, Texas--Go Red! Go Blue!

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    1. Thank you. I learned to hand sew when I was very young from my great-grandmother but have to admit have not learned to enjoy it until recently. I'm the crazy person now that things I need to hand hem everything, but knits that is. It is for a baby rebel that lives in Spring, TX. :)

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  2. What a lucky little boy to have this quilt too snuggle under! You did a nice job and I like the pattern, too. It is striking! I spent the weekend with some of my Sunday School class members and finished a table runner that I sent home with a lucky winner. It was so enjoyable to sit and stitch while everyone was playing games and visiting on a drizzly afternoon.

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    1. Thank you as well. When I finally got it all together I thought, now that's a bold quilt! His Momma is an Ole Miss alum and fan so I hope they will enjoy it.

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  3. wow! great job, Lana! i've never tried quilting, but your step by step process you showed here makes it look like so much fun. and what a great piece to have around for years to come :)

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    1. Thank you! I think the trick with a project like this is to break it up into manageable chunks. That keeps it fun and not a chore.

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