Tuesday 21 January 2014

Hexie elephant baby quilt

Two firsts for me this week were quilting a whole quilt (albeit baby sized!) on my machine, and attempting wavy line quilting. I loved the speed of machine quilting, and quite like the wavy look, although I am not sure whether it brings out the hexies enough. But the baby who this is for has been born and I needed to get a move on!

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I used an Ikea fabric for the back and made a simple label which I hand stitched on.
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For the quilting I used Aurifil 50wt 2600, a light grey colour that works well as a neutral against the grey background.

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Linking up with Sew Cute Tuesday at Blossom Heart Quilts. This is also my second finish for the Q1 2014 Finish-A-Long and my January finish for A Lovely Year of Finishes.


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24 comments:

  1. Lovely colours! Feels great to try something new :)

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  2. Love it! The wavy lines look great, what sewing foot did you use on your machine for them? Hope the baby loves their quilt.

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  3. Congratulations on a lovely finish and on acing that wavy line quilting!

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  4. I love that quilt and the quilting is great xx

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  5. I love the colors and the wavy quilting looks great!

    Kim
    http://tiesthatbindquilting.wordpress.com/

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  6. beautiful quilt and quilting. so precious for a baby :)

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  7. I love this. It's beautiful. Your quilting turned out good, too.

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  8. Love the colours. The quilting looks really good too.

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  9. Great job on the quilting, esp for a first! Lucky baby to receive such a love filled and beautiful gift!

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  10. Your choice of binding and backing work well, so lovely to have it finished quickly too

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  11. Pretty quilt. That binding is a nice touch!

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  12. it looks great! good for you for getting the label on, too. I keep skipping that since the babies are coming faster than i can handle. =)

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  13. Love the beautiful colors in your quilt. Awesome finish!

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  14. Congratulations it is a great finish. The colors are beautiful. I love the quilting.

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  15. I think it looks great. Congrats on your finish. You know the baby will love it!!

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  16. Love the quilt and the wavy quilting Deborah! I am inspired to give it ago!! thanks

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  17. What a gorgeous quilt, nothing like a baby being born to speed up a finish. The wavy lines work really well and that orange polka dot binding is really fun!!

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  18. Congrats on your first full quilt! Isn't it an incredible feeling? I love the wavy lines, I do agree that it doesn't make the hexies pop, but I like it that way!

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  19. This is great. I love your wavy lines :)

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  20. Very sweet! Machine quilting is the way to go ;)

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  21. It's a great feeling to finish a quilt from start to finish isn't it? Your wavy lines are a nice compliment to the negative space. I'm sure the recipient loved it:)

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