Sunday, April 17, 2016

Two Birds with One Stone

 I got back from our college trip a week ago and went straight back to work. I got an email about a baby shower for one of my coworkers in TWO WEEKS! I have been asking her about her nursery theme and colors since she found out she was having a girl in January, but she had not made up her mind until recently. She is going traditional with light pink, white, hearts, and bows. I needed a simple, quick design--I found this Sweethearts Quilt free pattern from Cloud 9 Fabrics. I decided to make mine smaller, so it is 48 x 48 before quilting and washing. I made 33 hearts and was able to have no fabrics repeated. Sorry about the terrible pictures, but we got over an inch of rain in the last couple of days and it was too soggy to get any pictures outside.
I hope to quilt it on my Pfaff this week and bind it next weekend--just in time for the baby shower. There are left over half square triangles and I think I will sew them together and make a pouch out of them. I was asked to donate something for a silent auction and a pouch with some lotion and other goodies will be perfect--that deadline is a couple of weeks too! Nothing like killing two birds with one stone.

Have a good week!

15 comments:

  1. That's going to be a very sweet quilt. Just right for a new little girl.

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  2. That is so pretty, and sounds perfect for the baby! Hope you had a good college trip!

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  3. That's a great pattern for a sweet new baby. Nice that you can use the leftovers for the second project.

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  4. Perfect for a new baby girl! Lovely.

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  5. Beautiful baby girl quilt. It's always a bonus when you can make something from left over hsts.

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  6. Super sweet baby quilt. Your friend is going to love it.

    Great idea to use the leftover bits to make a pouch.

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  7. Cute quilt, and great do to two projects almost at once!

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  8. Love, love, love it!!! I am going to have to search this one out. Thanks for sharing on Design Board Monday.

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  9. Great work on the baby quilt. You had such a short deadline but came up with a great result!

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  10. found your blog on em's scrapbag. I like your thinking. 2 projects at one time. You baby quilt is sooo sweet.
    Kathleen Mary
    https://kathysnest32.wordpress.com/

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  11. Its fun to have two projects in one! I love the hearts. So sweet! Its a perfect gift for a new little one.

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  12. The pattern you used is perfect for those prints and makes such a sweet baby girl quilt. And I love the label you added! Yep, two completed projects is always good; I'm happy you are able to find something useful to do with your scraps. Thanks for sharing on MCM and I hope you have a great week!

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  13. Your such different hearts touch such different people's hearts :) Your quilt evokes the kindness.

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