Finished Picnic Pinwheels Baby Quilt

It's done! Hooray!

As I mentioned previously, I had started the quilting over the weekend and I was able to finish it up this week and then put the binding on. I did bias binding with one of the leftover fat quarters and juuuuust squeaked by having enough binding. But just barely!

I quilted this one with light blue thread (the same as I had done in this quilt that uses the same fabric) and I used light blue flannel for the backing. I decided against doing some sort of border since it was already decently sized for a baby quilt.

I did loop de loop quilting on this one and while I intended to do it on a larger scale, once I got started quilting, it ended up slightly smaller than I intended. It still looks good, I just need to work on enlarging my quilting.

I'm not sure why the backing looks so teal in this picture other than I had to take pictures inside, but it's not quite that teal.

One down, four more to start and finish!

Stats:
Size: 36 x 48 inches
Pattern: Picnic Pinwheels by Patch the Giraffe
Quilting: Free motion loop de loops
Binding: Bias binding from a fat quarter of coordinating fabric

Linking up at  Free Motion Mavericks and Finish it Up Friday!

Pinwheel Progress

This weekend I was able to make some serious progress on my Picnic Pinwheels quilt!

Friday I was able to finish up all of the blocks:

And Saturday I was able to sew the whole top together:

I decided to go no borders on this one and used one of the leftover fat quarters from these coordinates to make a whole pile of bias binding. It's gonna be close, but I should have just enough.

I also was able to get the flannel for the backing and started quilting it yesterday with loop-de-loops! Here's a little preview:

I'm about 2/3rds of the way done with the quilting (hooray!) so I should be able to finish it up over the next few days!

Linking up with Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday!

WIP Wednesday -- Picnic Pinwheels

I haven't quite kept up with my goal of making one block a day, but I have made seven blocks for my Picnic Pinwheels baby quilt!

Now, I definitely followed the directions on the first page on how to make all of the units, yet my pinwheels are twirling the opposite direction from the final pattern. I guess as long as all of the blocks in the quilt go the same way it really isn't an issue.

I've also been using my wall hanging as my "design board":

Since call of the blocks are different in this quilt and I painstakingly picked three fabrics for each one, I have to make sure that I keep everything in order and pinning everything to my wall hanging has worked out pretty good thus far. I need a design wall once we finally move out of our apartment and buy a house!

And it's a good thing that I started on a baby boy quilt -- because the first one of the five on my list was born over the weekend and is a boy! Once I get this one done, I have two due in December (one boy and one TBA) and then two in March (both TBA). So many baby quilts!

Linking up at Linky Tuesday, Building Blocks Tuesday, Let's Bee Social, and WIP Wednesday!

Come back tomorrow for a post about the quilts at the fair! Spoiler alert: I won a ribbon!

Slicing Up

Since last I posted, the number of baby quilts that I have on my list has now increased to five between now and March. I figured I better start cracking on them now.

Since I know at least one will be a boy, I decided to start cutting on a boy quilt this week in the evenings.

I also decided to use Chelsea's new pattern, Picnic Pinwheels. It is free on Craftsy right now!

My quilt will be the same set up as the one above (the baby size version) and I'm going to be using the second set of fat quarters of the baby boy sock monkey fabric that I got last summer!

Here's all of my star parts all cut out!

My goal is to make one star every day over the next two-ish weeks so that I'll be able to get this one finished up and set aside by the end of September! If the baby due in two weeks is a boy, I'll be all set! If not, I'll just have to start a girl quilt -- oh darn!

Happy Friday!