Little Twin's Quilts

My friend from London sent me these pictures of her twin granddaughters enjoying their little quilts. Aren't they adorable?! 

You can find the tutorial of the Chevron baby quilt here, and the progress of the other quilt here.

Although we again have a hot day today, I am going back to my Log Cabin quilt sewing, as I want to progress the quickest possible to have it completed by the end of the month!!

Greetings and a beautiful Sunday!

Christine

My Second Tutorial

The second tutorial I posted last April on my blog (Tutorial for a Quick and Easy Chevron Zig Zag Quilt) was recently featured on FaveQuilts!

Your little baby will adore this Down Home Chevron Baby Quilt. If you've been searching for a good chevron baby quilt tutorial, then this one will definitely hit the spot. The country and rustic vibe of this quilt make it ...READ MORE

  

A wonderful Sunday to all of you! 

Christine

Pink Baby Girl Quilt

Fabrics

Two months ago, my dearest friend became the grandmother of two adorable little twin girls. This quilt is the second I prepared for them. The first one was the zig zag quilt, shown here : zig zag quilt.

This is the simpliest baby quilt I ever made and it's my favorite one!

In one day it was done.

I assemble the blocks, then the bands.

I chose a stripe darker pink fabric to frame.

Finished top

As I found too cute the fabric with the toys prints, I did not want to cut it in small pieces, and decided to use it as large bands all around. For the binding I chose an aqua fabric. Now time for quilting!

I chose the colors of the fabrics according to the taste of the grandmother who likes delicate tunes, especially tender pink. Let's hope the mother will like the quilts. As regards the little girls, growing older, I am sure they will appreciate them, as all little girls love pink!

For you, the first rose of my garden.

Have a great week!

Christine

Tutorial for a Quick and Easy Chevron Zig Zag Quilt

Baby girl quilt top : size 47 inches / 34 inches.

Fabric selection

For this project I selected 7 different fabrics.

Fold your fabrics in two and cut bands of 7 inches width.

Put 4 bands over each other and cut squares of 7/7 inches.

Arrange pairs.

With each pair, put both fabrics right side against right side, and sew all along the 4 sides.

Pair of squares sewn all around.

Cut the 2 diagonals and you obtain 4 double triangle squares.

Open and press hot, WITHOUT moving the iron, in order not to stretch 

the fabric, as you will now assemble your blocks along the bias sides. 

If you like you can spray starch to stabilize your fabrics.

 I didn't and had no problem, as I was careful with the ironing.

Trim the corners.

Assemble as shown.

Always open and press hot after each sewing.

I chose to assemble my work by squares rather than by rows, 

to avoid stretching the fabric by sewing long rows together. 

Go on assembling the rest of your blocks as shown.

Enjoy your sewing!

Christine

Zig zag bag

Here is my Zig zag bag finished early this morning.

Zig Zag hand bag

Today, reading again this book, bought years ago, I decided to start sewing 

a bag which pattern is inside. I always wanted to do so, but for an unknown reason, 

I postponed it many times.

The point was to use my remains from Kaffe Fassett fabrics.

I assemble the triangles into squares

I ironed them, then the stripes.

Here I try to match them properly.

I will try to finish it and post it tomorrow.