I am absolutely in love with this quilt I made. The moment I saw it on V and Co's blog I knew I had to try it out for my friend Brett who is due to have her first baby in just over 10 days. Unfortunately I missed her shower but was able to give her the quilt in early December and have just been slow in posting the photos.
I really wanted to use some pre-cut fabric as I thoguht that would be easier and that is what the pattern uses. In retrospect I could have bought small pieces of various fabrics and cut them appropriately for the stripe around the edge. But, then I saw the cutest fabric on etsy and had to have it for this project. It is called "fox trails" by Riley Blake and so cute.
As I am truly a beginner quilter, I hoped I'd be able to pull this quilt off - and I think I did well! The only modification is that instead of truly quilting the final product I just made it a "tie quilt". I knew this technique would be a bit easier for a beginner like me, and still look okay in the end. I am glad I did this - it was much easier than trying to sew-quilt it.
Wrinkyl photo aside, I think it's pretty cute!! I may make this one again some day...and I've already been dreaming up my next project for the fox trails fabric...stay tuned for that :)
People often ask me how long a project takes, and there are so many variations with each thing I knit or sew that it's hard to answer...but I've started to pay more attention to the time devoted since it is such a common question. This quilt took approximately 23 hours - which I did over just under two weeks. The longest parts to do were the letters sewn on the front, the tying of the quilt and the border sewn on by hand. :)
