I only had one quilt in mind when I started cutting fabrics ... a contemporary lap quilt with Flying Geese blocks. After cutting all the 7 1/2 in squares to make the geese, I had a lot more fabric cut than I needed for one quilt. So voila and ooh-la-la ... a coordinating baby quilt.
And just as a side note (because I go off on tangents so easily) the French really do say ooh-la-la with cute little regional variations ... the Parisians say it more ho-la-la. And the Italians really do say Mama Mia ... I've heard it with my own ears. Ok, back to quilts ...
As per my usual, the Flying Geese quilt was laid out in EQ7. I played around with having the geese flying in all different directions but decided I liked them flying in formation.
Making Flying Geese blocks is painless and fun when you use the full square method which I first saw years ago when Simply Quilts was still on the air.
Here is a link to '...laugh yourself into Stitches' web site. She has a great tutorial on the full square method for flying geese. http://chezstitches.blogspot.com/2011/03/no-waste-flying-geese-tutorial_17.html Also, checkout Stitches quilting ... some pretty amazing work.
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| Lap on the left, Baby on the right |
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A simple white binding |
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| 4 different fabrics for the binding so each corner is a different color |
As per my usual, the Flying Geese quilt was laid out in EQ7. I played around with having the geese flying in all different directions but decided I liked them flying in formation.
Making Flying Geese blocks is painless and fun when you use the full square method which I first saw years ago when Simply Quilts was still on the air.
Here is a link to '...laugh yourself into Stitches' web site. She has a great tutorial on the full square method for flying geese. http://chezstitches.blogspot.com/2011/03/no-waste-flying-geese-tutorial_17.html Also, checkout Stitches quilting ... some pretty amazing work.
Just cuz, I made Hourglass blocks with the remaining 7 1/2 inch squares. I ended up with 4 blocks with the white fabric and didn't like the white randomly placed ... so made a design feature out of them with a Square in a Square block in the middle. I really like the effect.
' 1/4" mark ' has a great tutorial on easy sew hourglass blocks. She marks her sewing surface like I do so she doesn't have to mark the center line on each piece she sews ... big time saver. http://quarterinchmark.blogspot.com/2013/05/tutorial-hourglass-block-without-marking.html
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| The back of the lap quilt. |
There was one last Flying geese block left so it was incorporated into a strip on the back to give the reverse side something interesting ... and I love not so many scraps left at the end of a project.
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| Soft tonal fabrics with not much pattern ... love these colors together. |
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| Available in my Etsy shop. Don't know if anyone will be interested in companion lap and baby quilts, but thought it might be a nice "Mother and Child" gift for a new mom .https://www.etsy.com/listing/157783016/summer-sale-10-off-modern-baby-girl?ref=shop_home_active https://www.etsy.com/listing/157783706/summer-sale-10-off-modern-lap-couch?ref=shop_home_active |
