Something New, Something Blue

I'm not the kind of person who
let's obligations or commitments
slide to the last moment.

Remember those big science or
Social Studies project in school?
I would get right on those as soon as
the assignment was given.
 (The other kids hated me for that)

Even now
I still can't put things off
 especially, if I've promised 
something would be done by a certain time.

One of the quilt groups I belong to
has promised to make baby quilts for a church's ministry.
This has allowed the quilt group to meet in the
building for insurance purposes.

So when the calendar page flipped,
I decided to get a baby quilt made.
(I'm not totally deviating from 
the wool applique.)

I friend gave me an
 unwanted charm pack and

I knew it would make a fun
modern baby boy quilt.

The pattern I decided to use is from the 

Missouri Star Quilt Co.

It's called the Tipsy Tumbler Quilt.

You can watch a video here.

I used the cardboard from the back of the

charm pack to create a tumbler shape

and cut out 25 pieces.

The whole idea of Jenny's method is to
start with a tumbler shape, set it on
a 10" square and iron and fold

the square over the raw edges and sew.

The raw edges are

enclosed in a seam.

Then do it again 

with the opposite sides.

Look a tumbler block.

Trim the outer edges to make an 8" square.

Here's the back.  You can see

how those

seams are all enclosed.

I was afraid it would make the seams

feel too thick, but it didn't.

Doesn't it look like I had to cut out a lot 

of different shaped pieces?

I laid out the blocks on

my design floor and 

I use these nifty preprinted

plastic lay out squares

by Quilt Dance.

(I couldn't find them online anywhere, sorry)

So here's the quilt

sewn together.

 You could add a border if you wanted,

but I wanted to keep it under 40" so

the backing would be one piece.

I'm hoping those

seams fade away more once the

batting is laid underneath.

(I think they're showing up more being on a wood floor.)

My neighbors have been gone for awhile,

so I went next door for a photo shoot.

They have Grecian statues

next to their pool.

Doesn't she seem thrilled with the quilt top?

Until Next Time-