It has been a long (like embarrassingly long) time since I have had a real ‘finish’!! Oh sure, there have been lots of starts – but no finishes! I had forgotten how good it feels!
Do you remember the Seams of Opal quilt? That I posted about and did tutorials one, two, three and four about? I also had an update about it here.
Well – this is the grand finale of updates!
When my nephew ‘baby Jack’ was born – I knew this quilt had to be his. It is the perfect ‘throw on the floor and add baby’ quilt – lots to look at and tons of texture.
Originally 100 6 inch squares large – it had been made smaller because somewhere between Ohio and our final landing place I lost 6 blocks! And really – I didn’t feel like going back to the beginning (see massive tutorials above!) and he is just a small baby (and he isn’t a twin!) so how many square feet does he need? AND my mommy is going to take some of the (now) extra blocks and make him a big floor pillow to go along with it!
So without further adieu (and I really need to paint that floor – add it to the studi-O-rganization)
Here it is! I LOVE HOW IT TURNED OUT! If there is a repeated fabric in here – it was an accident! So much to see and ‘spy’ and if each block is 6 inches plus about 2 inches of sashing then this quilt is about 62*62 inches (or about 5 feet square). Plenty big for lots of activities!
And the back ain’t no slouch either! This quilt is a quilt as you go ‘a la Allison’ (again, see tutorials above) and each block has a different backing fabric and therefore it is a reversible ‘I Spy quilt’! Can you say ‘greatest Aunt ever is forgiven for not having this ready for his birth???’ Hey, I can try, right?
A closer view of the front.
A much closer (and slightly out of focus) view of 1 block. Each block has a different free motion quilted motif in the center square and then the rest is ditch quilted.
I used my prized Bias Tape Maker
for this quilt and really, I can’t say enough about this machine! I love it! It spits out perfect bias tape every time!
I hope this little guy loves it (the quilt, not the machine) as much as I love him!
Oh and YES there will be an organizing post very soon! Starting with Fabric:)
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Love the quilt and the cutie pie peeking at us…..grin.
I am in love with your quilt. The colors just grab me and the back is AMAZING, too. Truly Miss Alison, that is one great quilt.
I love gadgets, so I had to check out the link for the bias tape maker. There are a lot of mixed reviews. Do you have the attachment for the 2.5″ double fold bias maker tip? If so, does it work?
Thanks for showing. And I would like to join the organization challenge. Might be just a little delayed as I might be able to move my quilting into the new room that was built for my esthetics business. Want to set up quilting instead. LOL Trying to convince hubby.
Whoop! Whoop! When do we get it? He will LOVE it! Well, he may poop on it but I will love it
It’s really gorgeous! I think I may have to snag copies of the pics and do a 2nd blog post today (actually 3rd, since I posted at TWO different blogs today.)
Can you believe he will be one year old a week from TODAY?
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