Big Girl Quilts

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contemporaryquilt, girlquilt, quilt, traditionalquilt

Nephew #2 welcomed his third daughter in April. They already have plenty of baby quilts from the first two girls, so this time I made big girl quilts for the older sisters.

I wanted the quilts to be different, but since they are sharing a room with twin beds, the quilts needed to go together. So I chose different patterns using the same fabrics.

Ali’s quilt is a traditional Rail Fence pattern with 1/2″ white sashing.

Ali’s quilt top on the design wall.

All over loops and flowers quilting

More of the quilting

The back

The label

For Avery’s quilt, I cut a bunch of 10″ squares. Then I cut them in half, making two 5″ x 10″ blocks. Then I cut one of those in half making two 5″ squares and so one, with each cut I kept one block and cut the other in half. The final cut made two 2.5″ squares. Then I mixed them up and randomly re-assembled the blocks into 10″ squares using 1/2″ sashing.

Avery’s quilt in process

Completed top on the design wall

Matchstick quilting with the walking foot

More quilting

The label

The patterns are distinctly different but by using the same fabrics and 1/2″ white sashing, they look pretty good together.

Ali’s Quilt artistically draped

Avery’s Quilt artistically draped

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New Baby Quilt

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babyquilt, girlquilt, quilt

I fell in love with this fabric (Urban Garden by Jennifer Moore for Monaluna Organic Fabrics). So, I made this quilt for my niece who is expecting her second little girl in about 4 weeks.

I am also giving her this “Big Girl” quilt for her toddler. This one was finished a few years ago and I have been holding on to it until her daughter was a little older.

Ring Around the Rosie Quilt

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babyquilt, girlquilt, modernquilt, ninepatch, quilt

I made this quilt using more niblet blocks. My Niblets Exchange group called these blocks “Ring Around the Rosie”. They are little 3-inch nine patches with a 1-inch white square in the center surounded by eight scrappy pink squares. I made mine into liberated blocks by trimming them down by varying amounts and adding extra rounds of varying sizes alternating pink and white until each block measured 7.5 inches unfinished. Then, I added the grey and white polka dotted fabric for the framing and borders. I really like this one a lot.

I like the back of this quilt a lot. I am calling it a “faux plaid” and I am thinking of making something similar as a top.

Niblets Quilt – Purple Border

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contemporaryquilt, girlquilt, ninepatch, quilt

Continuing my goal of completing unfinished projects, I made this quilt using lots of purple, pink, yellow, green and a few blue niblet blocks. I added a purple border and a pieced back.