Over the last few weeks I have had several requests for personalised quilts for babies (some already born and some pending).
I thought it would be nice to share some progress shots and talk about what I am doing with these quilts.
This first quilt is for Isobel. She is about to have her second child – a little girl due in a few weeks time.
- This is the colour scheme. There are 9 fabrics.
- Using the owls from the border print I created 3 owls shapes to embroider on some of the blocks.
- I used some cardboard to make a viewing window to ensure the owl embroideries fit inside each block.
- DMC embroidery threads in 3845, 5200, 703, 917, 414 and 791
- My nice little stack of pellon squares to back each of the embroideries.
- Using the viewing frame to make sure the owl is centred when tracing the design onto the block using a light box.
- Blue washable marking pen
- Pellon backing.
- Pin the corners to secure while you are stitching.
- Backstitch using 3 strands of thread.
- Finished embroidery.
As the quilt progresses I will take more photos.