Wednesday, August 7, 2013

A Quilt for Baby Oscar


Now I'm back from my holiday (which was awesome by the way!) normal blog posting shall resume. First up are a few quilts that I made and took with me as gifts for a few special people. The first one I want to share is a baby quilt made for the new son of my dear friend Helen.


When hanging out with slightly pregnant Helen when I was in the UK a year ago, I asked her if she'd like/use a baby quilt, and following a very positive response to that question I delved a little deeper and established that she: a) doesn't like muted colours, instead preferring bright colours and b) likes elephants.


Very frustratingly, when I was shopping for fabrics for this quilt there were no fabrics with elephants that I liked. So plan B was to make my own elephant!

Big props must go to Darren (aka "The Boy") for sharing his photoshop skills in helping me with the elephant outline, as I had a photo of an elephant I'd previously embroidered that I wanted to use, but didn't have a front on picture, so it required some minor manipulation.


The main background of the quilt top is a (really quite big) disappearing-nine-patch, which was a super quick and easy design to do! It only took me a couple of hours to cut out, stitch up, cut up, and stitch up the whole of the quilt-top excluding the appliqué. The elephant was then appliquéd on with a zig-zag stitched, and the top free-motion quilted with a big stipple design (which I'm still practising getting a good 'big' stipple).


I'm madly in love with the fabric I got for the back of the quilt - SUPERHEROES!!! How amazing is the fabric!!

And look, I've already been provided with proof that it's already had some nap-time action. Hopefully it'll get plenty more use as Oscar grows up.


Bonus points if you have recognised the incredibly picturesque backdrop where these pictures were taken. 

6 comments:

  1. Ah this is gorgeous, I love that elephant! I'm having a go at my first quilt at the mo....sadly nothing like this amazingness!

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  2. I ADORE your elephant! It's perfect! I would absolutely love a quilt like this for my own! Can't wait to hear all about your adventures while you were away, but I'm also happy to see you back.

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  3. cuuute - and yep, that is one freakin' amazing backdrop!

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  4. The quilt's great - I love the elephant - and yes, I do know where the backdrop is. That's pretty amazing too inside and out. I particularly liked the maze.

    KathleenS

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  5. Gah! This is too awesome! And what a stunning backdrop for quilty pics!

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