the backing piece: We couldn't find more than a half yard,
but it was so sweet with the ladybugs scattered in among the jungle critters~
Yippee, another quilty finish! This is for little Nathanael, who was born in December 2011. Lydia and I collaborated a wall hanging for his room before he was born, and this was put on the back burner for me to find time to quilt.
I'm glad I waited, it seems I am rising to attempt other quilt stitches. Elaine recently posted a quilt that she did several styles of quilt lines, and the straight line block stitches really seemed to fit this one for a little boy.
I found this print at Fabric.com last year. It was so cute! I chopped up a panel, and blocked the large prints with lime green and water blue, with strips of the coordinating quilt block print.
I knew I wanted a striped binding, but couldn't decide, so, these are the 4 prints used! It worked out to use the one brighter stripe on each of the four sides ~FUN ~ 
...and it worked perfectly, Linda! I decided since I had a multiple-pieced border, I wanted to avoid getting a seam in the mitered corners. For a first attempt at this way of doing a binding, I'd give it 2 thumbs up.
A pieced backing on a quilt is a neat way to add interest to the back, as well as use up other pieces from the front. I like when it has the quilt label worked into the backing.
Leftover blocks from the front panel I chopped up. Jerry called this a "pokey-pieced" backing, I told him that really lots of us like to do this!
p.s. Happy Birthday, Lydia!
"And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye,
always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:" II Corinthians 9:8
Nathanael will love this quilt...lots to look at on the front and the back!
ReplyDeleteThat's an awesome quilt! Nathanael will love it!
ReplyDeleteI love straight line quilting. It looks extra great on this quilt!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to the binding tutorial. I am going to give that one a try some time. =)
How cute is that!
ReplyDeleteNicely done Pokey, I hope it will get lots of loving.
Happy Sewing
This is adorable!! Fabulous job!!
ReplyDeleteWell thought out pattren for putting the pieces together in this one. I like the colors your used. Perfect boys quilt and a very nice "pokey-pieced" backing.
ReplyDeleteOh Pokey, this is one of the sweetest kid quilts I've ever seen. Love it.
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That's adorable! Such a fun quilt, and the straight line block quilting and stripey binding are the perfect touches.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute way to use a panel! Absolutely love the pieced back also. I haven't made one of those for quite some time but I do love them. The quilting is perfect too.
ReplyDeleteAmazing and adorable.
ReplyDeleteI am jealous of your talent!
That's a GREAT quilt, girl ! So personal with the big name in the middle, and so perfect for a rambunctious, inquisitive boy. And that pieced back is the ICING on the cake ! Pokey-pieced.........PRICELESS !
ReplyDeleteVery cute. What kind of quilting machine do you have? I have a HQ16 with a side saddle.
ReplyDeleteHi Pokey! Thanks for trying my tutorial and giving it a thumbs up! That's great! I'm going to be teaching it to a group on September 8. I do love sharing this very different way of sewing binding. Your quilt turned out adorably. The quilting suits it perfectly.
ReplyDeleteHi Pokey! I love the quilt and will be trying the tutorial from Linda. From you photos I see you have a longarm and table. What kind do you have? What would you recommend.
ReplyDeleteThank you!