Recovery!

After my last February misadventure, two months in bed, then wearing an orthopedic corset, here I am again going out for the first time. What a pleasure for this first going out to enjoy this wonderful bazaar that our friend Eleni was attending with many new items, great personal creations...! On the first picture I am having one of her lovely bags and I am wearing the green jacket I knitted last winter.

During my convalescence, little by little, I started knitting and sewing for my six months' old grand daughter.

With the green yarn I knitted a large shawl.

As regards the Log Cabin baby quilt I went on hand quilting.

Herringbone Baby Quilt INSTRUCTIONS

Here are the pictures of my Herringbone baby quilt finished and offered to my niece in Paris.

The gray color recalls Paris' sky, the blue is for the baby boy and the yellow gives a sunny touch.

For this quilt I did 80 blocks of 4.5" x 4.5 each (11.5 cm)

To make the triangles I cut strips of 5" wide (12.7 cm) from each color, then squares of 5" (12.7 cm) and then cut diagonal to obtain 2 triangles. 

The final size of the finished quilt is 32" x 40" (81.5 x 101.5 cm)

Windmill Baby Quilt Finished!

You have seen the progress of this quilt here, and here. Also, the tutorial for it was published in FAVEQUILTS magazine. If you are interested, you will find all the measurements and details in this tutorial. For my tutorial : CLICK

I used several grey fabrics from the collection Sketch from Timeless Treasures.

For the backing : Sketch Ivory from Timeless Treasures.

For the binding : Cloud 9, from Elizabeth Olwen,  Grey Abbey Organic Gentile Vines Dandelion.

For the batting I used a thin organic cotton one.

This quilt will be used as a light blanket for spring and autumn. For next winter I plan to make a warmer one, and for this purpose, I would welcome any advice on a warm and fluffy batting quality from you.

Many people were suspicious on using grey color for a baby quilt, but in fact I believe that, as babies' rooms are always overcrowded with lively colored toys, adding again colors in a quilt would be somewhat tiring for the eyes. However I allowed myself to make it less dull by adding a glittering yellow border.

Shades of Grey

       

My twenty Windmill blocks are ready to be assembled for another baby quilt. Since yesterday I tried various combinations on the design board. When my daughter came this morning she disarranged everything 

until she told me that this makes her dizzy and disappeared! So I remained alone in front of those three options and I think I will choose the third one. 

Next post I will write the tutorial of this quilt top for beginners who want to make a very quick and easy baby quilt.

Rail Fence UFO

I wonder why, some years ago I had a red and black period! Obviously it was not at all my style and I  quickly gave up this project. Until last week that my niece came to visit me. She is going to get married next June and I proposed to make her a quilt. Her lounge is decorated with grey tunes and a little red. As she told me she would like a quilt in those shades, I remembered this UFO, and when I showed her this project she loved it... so let's go on with my Rail Fence quilt!

Fabric Selection

Baby's things

I chose this cute fabric for the baby's crib bumper.

For the baby's bed I thought of a windmill pattern with these shades of grey.

These days are very busy getting everything ready for the birth of my daughter's first child,
forseen begining of December!

Cheers!

Amities a toutes!

Crib Blanket

Owl pincushion

Knitted crib blanket

This Sunday I am going to line my little crib blanket that I finished knitting. For this I will hand sew
a Liberty fabric on the back, using a silk thread that is very pleasant to use for a slipping stitch .

I am linking up with Kathy for Slow Sunday Stitching.

Enjoy your slow stitching!

Christine

Knitting a Baby Blanket

Together with quilting, I enjoy a lot knitting. This was in fact my first craft ability : I learnt knitting at the age of four.
I had the example of my mother knitting all day long for my sister and me, and even for our dolls. She was doing wonderful creations. 

In the past I knitted for all the family, until my children became teenagers and decided that hand knitted pull-overs were not in fashion!

So now I take my grey yarn, my beautiful wooden needles and start a crib blanket for my grand-son to be born in December.

This blanket will have a Liberty fabric lining (you can see it in the first two pictures).

To put my work, I always search in my stash of hand made bags an assorted one. I had forgotten about this shopping bag I did some time ago, and I find it very cute (Echino fabric). 

The yarn is from Rowan, wool and cotton quality.

On the background of the knitting you can see the antique quilt shown here.

Baby Girl Bricks and Squares Quilt

Bricks and squares.

Many babies being born recently in my surrounding, and it seems more to be born in a close future, I have the feeling that I will sew baby quilts for the rest of my life... Which is for sure the most pleasant activity someone can dream of!

Creating small quilts for babies or children is very joyful and enables you to see a quick result.

For this quilt I chose red, green and grey fabrics. I was lucky to find in Athens a very nice grey and white fabric for the backing, that is matching perfectly.

I had no pattern, I just cut, assembled, sewed, without too much thinking, just keeping the little girls' fabric mainly for the largest bricks. I sewed the binding as I usually do, shown in my tuto HERE.

This baby quilt was quickly done. I gave it to be machine quilted to my friend Eleni.

Always presented to be offered the same way : rolled and linked with a ribbon.

Enjoy your quilting!

Christine