J's baby quilt

Jovianne's Baby Quilt, 2009 Channuka

                                                                            Top of Quilt

Used blue line embroidery squares from my Great Aunt Jean.  They were mostly finished.  I tried my hand at the blue line embroidery to finish some french knots and some of the lettering.  It's not outstanding, but it's completed.

I already had the fabric with the hexagons and sage with embroidered flowers (an aborted duvet cover for our bed). Just bought the blue w/ green flowers @ JoAnn's for the back and edging.

At the direction of a friend, I finished the final edging seam by hand.  I don't really enjoy sewing by hand, but it does allow you to catch up on law and order. 

Overall, I think this turned out well.  Its a good combination of vintage, modern and femininity.




Both sides shown

Squares, up close

You can see the nested hexagon quilting I did by machine, using my new walking foot.  So much easier!!! I also embroidered her birth information on the bottom right square using the programmable stitches on my new machine.  Thanks for contributing to the new machine fund, everyone.