Baby Quilt II

This has been a very productive year so far for me on the quilt front. I've finished 4 projects that I began before the new year. For the record, those would be the Frieda Anderson small wall quilt, two lap quilts that were donated for cancer patients, and the Blooming 9-Patch.
I've continued to plug away on the Block of the Month (BOM) project, although I am officially behind again (I was briefly all caught up in January!). Now the year is over and I still have several parts to do: I need to make a gazillion "flying geese" rectangles for the border and there is filler to go around the central medallion. I'll have a picture of that soon.
I made one baby quilt in two weeks!
I made another baby quilt that I finished last week. I was hired to make this one by a co-worker for her great-nephew who was born in early February.
Those polka-dots don't photograph very well in the picture above, but the close-ups below might give you a better sense of the colors and design.
I quilted those spiral swirls free-motion on my mid-arm Brother PQ1500. I do not use a frame.
 
No, I don't sleep much.

Comments

  1. BevBBApril 8, 2011 at 7:24 AM

    Wow. I love looking at quilt designs. Blame it on the frustrated graphic designer in my soul. Either that or it traces back to a grandmother who used to make them. One or the other. ;-)

    I would never ever have the patience to actually make one. I'm impressed. Again. Wow. Those are fantastic.

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  2. PhylApril 8, 2011 at 8:29 PM

    Thank you Bev! And the designs are endlessly appealing aren't they? So much changes depending upon color, light/dark values, etc. Whatever the reason, very fun. Thanks!

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  3. BevBBApril 9, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    Whenever I'm at a flea market or something similar, I always get distracted looking at all the quilts. So I'm definitely going to have fun browsing your blog. ;-)

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  4. ChristineApril 10, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    I love the swirls!!!

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