Hayley's Quilt! (Finish #2)

Hayley's Quilt is finished!
Thanks to the moral support and technical tips from quilt friends last weekend on Worldwide Quilting Day! I finished machine quilting and bound it by machine. Those are both very unusual approaches for me - I am a handwork gal and I have little confidence in the machine quilting or binding. But, here it is! DONE!

There is a tiny handful of fabric left from this quilt. The project was a test of ingenuity and that is how it ended up with corners cut off. There was not enough fabric to make 4 corner squares so I made triangles instead! I like how the back looks with pieced scraps. The binding is also scraps from cut strips. Wish I could get photos to cooperate for direction of image...well you get the idea.


In January of 2013 this quilt and color scheme was selected was designed by my daughter based on inspiration from this Amish baby quilt in Pellman & Pellman's (1985) book. I quilted parallel lines on each side of major block seams. Batting is Warm and Natural. With help of my daughter it was spray basted over the Christmas holidays. This technique worked very well but definitely took two of us to do it OUTSIDE! Even then the spray was pretty stinky!

Haley's Quilt with spring daffodils.

Haley's quilt design sketch 2013

Haley's quilt in progress 2013

I just need to add some type of label before it is ready to go. The finished quilt is approx. 42" x 60 inches. Any suggestions on the label? I'd love to hear them.

When daughter gets home after school is out for summer, we will deliver it to the precious Haley and her wonderful mom

Amish baby quilt inspiration
(Pellman & Pellman, 1985, p. 20)

Amanda! SURPRISE!

The Design: Hayley is coming!

Hayley is coming! - The Fabric

Baby Hayley and the quilt are in development. The quilt design has been sketched on graph paper to expand and personalize from the original Amish inspiration. The fabrics were purchased at my local quilt store - WonderArc Quilts, as initial inspiration for the modern approach to this quilt and before dd's input. Thankfully, dd happily approved of the fabric choices!

Next, dd has had great fun improvising on the design to make it her own. It is a simple Irish chain design expanded out into what would be the borders and created with the limited fabric palette and amounts on hand. The design will lend itself well to the modern quilting style!

This idea is quite do-able and to provide opportunity for dd's maximum contributions. She is also learning a lot as we discuss design and use math for calculating amounts and sizes to cut. She was so surprised (and maybe a little in awe) about needing to use math so much for quilting! I'm very excited about this quilt and will be showing progress as we go.

The Inspiration: Hayley is coming!

My daughter's mentor, a lovely, Godly woman, and mother of three is expecting a special baby #4, (due in May?) A girl, recently named "Hayley." Of course Hayley will need a special baby quilt! Let the planning begin! It will be a special treat to plan and sew together with my daughter this spring as she finishes high school and prepares to move far away to college.

After searching through many quilt books for inspiration and bookmarking about 20 idea for "modern type designs" I thought dd might like, she chose an Irish chain design. Below is the picture of an Amish crib quilt in Pellman's (1985) book: Amish Crib Quilts that was the inspiration. Of course, the original quilt is just the starting place for dd's development of design inspiration. And, it is a great choice!  . . more to come!

The Inspiration: