Friday, May 21, 2010

zig zag baby - blogger's quilt festival


This was not the quilt I hoped to be showing you today, but it's a quilt I love nonetheless! This is a quilt which I recently did for a friend of mine who had her seventh baby. This friend also happens to be my midwife's assistant, and was present at Lilah's homebirth. It was inspired by this quilt that Alison made of Cluck Cluck Sew.

She had no idea what she was having so I waited to start it until I knew what she had. I happen to be part of a great group here in town (but chapters are available nationwide) of Holistic Moms Network. Each time a new mama has a baby, we take turns making dinners for about 10 meals or so and spread it out over the first few weeks. I purposely asked to have the last possible meal so I could get this quilt done as well!

I cut all the squares the weekend before and then spent a few nights making the half square triangles. Then (and this is one of the reasons I love this quilt!) I put the entire thing together in a few hours on a Sunday (the day before I delivered it of course). I will admit to cheating a little....I machine stitched the entire binding. I normally will machine stitch to the front and then hand stitch to the back, but at this point, exhaustion from too many other things (craft hope bean bags, numerous shop orders, also trying to create inventory for a craft show I'm doing next month) led me to go this route.

This might seriously have become my go-to baby quilt!


I backed it with a boyish print (Alexander Henry's 2D Zoo in pool) all in one piece (again...exhaustion!).

Now, because I just have to...here's the quilt I was really hoping would be done for the quilt show. I am hoping to finish it in the next week and a half or so...or at least before the craft show as I'm hoping to display it and a few other quilts there!



But while you're at it, look at the quilt that Carla made using this same block, and even this one on flickr! So gorgeous! (and make me want to finish my quilt even more quickly now!)

23 comments:

  1. Love the colors in the zig-zag quilt....and I know I've told you this before, but I still love the layout & look of the quilt in progress, I can't wait to see the finished quilt!

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  2. I love how bright it is - perfect for a little baby. Plus, the quilt you have in progress is gorgeous. Adding you to my google reader right now so that I can see it when it's finished :)

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  3. great quilt sherri! just love the colors! i finished a zig zag quilt, but used crazymomquilts tutorials with no triangles...i recognized claire in the above comment and looked at your profile! agh! we all live in FW! how cool is that? i found you thru the quilt festival!!

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  4. Sherri, love your quilt....zig zags are so fun! Your Xblock quilt is going to be so awesome......can't wait to see it finished! It was so sweet of you to mention me....I'm humbled!!

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  5. That is a great zig zag quilt, and you're doing well on your string x quilt! I've only gotten as far as cutting short strings....

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  6. Glad that you shared both your finished quilt and the one in progress! Love the story about Holistic Moms--what a lifesaver for a new mom! Give yourself a hand for being such a caring person!

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  7. Oh BTW--I machine stitch the binding on most of mine. You never know how much the ones you give away will be washed and for me as a young mom when I received a quilt and the binding came undone--it took me awhile to get into the grove of repairing it. For me, it wasn't a cop out on your part but a smart move!

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  8. What a cheerful baby quilt! It just sings "happy".

    And the quilt you hoped to show is turning out beautifully. I've never seen that pattern. Fascinating.

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  9. The white makes the colors pop out and shine so much! I have this pattern bookmarked, and I love seeing all the gorgeous quilts that are made from it! Yours is so happy and fun!

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  10. Love zig-zag quilts and this one is certainly bright and cheery. Good job!

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  11. i love the zig zag and i love the ROYGBIV!!! the quilt i chose for festival also was rainbow. this looks great

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  12. Cute baby quilt. Deadlines work well don't they.

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  13. I LOVE the baby quilt! The colors/fabrics are great.

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  14. Very cute baby quilt. I love how the X quilt is coming along too. Good luck with the craft show!

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  15. Love the color story of the quilt you entered.

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  16. The ZigZag quilt is great, and so is the one that's not quite finished.

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  17. I love the Zig Zag quilt.
    Randi
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  18. Great ZigZag quilt! Love it! And the other one will be ready for the next Quilt Festival :-)

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  19. love your quilt, love your blog, can't wait see that next one finished! http://erinlebeau.blogspot.com/

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  20. What a bright cheery quilt, great for the little ones. And the X quilt is going to be fab.
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  21. love the zigzag quilt--vibrant and nice to know it went together quickly. the X quilt is stunning--will be lovely when it's finished. love what you do for new moms--our church lady's group does a few meals for new moms and people with health problems--sometimes for months. it's always a wonderful thing to be able to help someone else!!

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