Friday, 21 December 2012

Hoorah for Gremlins ...


 Consensus told me that I should finish the Gremlin quilt straight away, before my baby comes along demanding all of my attention. 
Thus it was that armed with wadding, backing and some natty yellow binding I managed to complete the quilt  over a couple of mornings (afternoons reserved for biscuit munching, tea supping and peaceful naps).
 I'm a little embarassed by the awful quilting, I've become a little out of practice,so I'm not very confident and  went for something I knew I could cope with - my baby bump does prevent me from being able to get up close and personal with my machine.

I love the backing - an ikea print I've had for ages - which makes this quilt sort of reversible - what a great talking and pointing piece when baby is old enough to be distracted from tears and tantrums.
The binding is the yellow ovals from the Moda It's a Hoot range.

Despite bad quilting I LOVE IT, and think the baby will spend many happy hours rolling around on it and perhaps cuddling on the sofa with it one day xxx

4 comments:

Sarah said...

It's great Caroline and you and baby will be too busy having fun with that quilt to even notice the bits of quilting that bother you now. Fab!!

Sarah said...

What a gorgeous wee quilt! So cheerful, wee baby is going to love it :-)

Sew Create It - Jane said...

Its gorgeous and will be so useful! Just the thing to throw in the wash over and over again :o)

Kim said...

Wow! Congratulations on the baby. Iam so out of the loop...