We are excited to welcome our first greatgrandchild soon.
A quilt needs to be made to mark the occasion. Young mothers have very specific ideas as to what they want, nursery design, theme, colors, etc. So when I asked Racheal, what kind of baby quilt she wanted, she said, "Woodland theme, a tree and a fox and leaves, a geometric look..."
so this soon to be GREAT granma gathered ideas from the internet :)
found this shared graph drawing of a tree and leaves, using triangles and squares and decided it was time I learned to make half-square triangles
and gathered fabrics from different stores, Joanns, Walmart, Fabric.com
played around with ideas, found a cute fox peeping from behind the tree - picture found online also
added a little hand embroidery
sewed together in vertical strips, adjusting the strips up or down so the leaves would not be in straight rows - to look more natural, but really so I wouldn't have to line up all those seams :)
after I was pleased with the alignment, trimmed the strips to length, then added fox to go behind the tree trunk, and added a few borders to bring it all together
used my machine large zig-zag for quilting, another first, it went fast, just did vertical rows of stitching lining up with the vertical strips of fabric
and the requisite quilt label - another baby quilt done!
