Florentine Quilt Top

My mom made quilts for her grandchildren. Except for one.

She bought the fabric but never made the quilt.

I found the fabric and instructions when I was going through her sewing supplies

a few weeks ago. 

Last Tuesday I cut out the blocks and started sewing.

The pattern is Florentine and is based on mosaic tile floors found in Florence, Italy.

Blocks in progress above and below.

Some blocks are simply squares of fabric.

The quilt comes together quickly.

The directions say to sew the blocks in columns.

Half of the columns below.

Today I finished the whole top (with a few delays for ripping incorrectly placed columns.)

Tuesday to Saturday is a very fast finish for me.

I have ordered wide backing and plan to pay someone to quilt it.

Excited to finish this for Karen.

 

Twin Quilts for Twins

Several months ago I heard that a friend of mine was going to be a first-time grandmother to twins.

Around the same time I saw some quilts made with Apricot & Ash mock appliqué fabric.

I loved it so much I bought two yards of the appliqué print with grand ideas for several quilts.

One yard of the fabric has 24 appliqué designs. 

Here is what I made for the twins.

Same border fabric in different order.

Pin basting above and below.

Quilt A ready to be trimmed.

Quilt B ready to be trimmed.

Quilted and bound. Ready to gift to the new grandma.

The backing is chenille minky. Had to get a little creative to cover both backs.

My usual corner labels.

By the way the babies were due in June but came 10 weeks early.

Baby Addison has gotten to come home but Baby Bonnie is sending a little more time in NICU.

Hope to give my friend these baby quilts and a couple of bibs.

The backing is so snuggly. I know they will be well loved.

 

Using up flannel scraps

Hi, there. This post is like a mixed-up mystery. 

The photos didn't upload in order.

I am labeling them and numbering them in the correct order.

Have fun following the sequence. ;-)

I have a bin full of flannel scraps left over from making square receiving blankets.

The scrap pieces were mostly 36 inches by 8 inches.

I used a bib pattern that was free on the Coral & Co. blog.

7. Add hook and loop tape at the back neck.

5. Put two matching bibs right side together and sew around the edge. 

Leave 2-3 inches for turning.

I used the blanket stitch setting at maximum width (6.0) and and medium length (3.0).

No need to clip curves with this stitch.

6. Turn to right side and press.

Top stitch making sure to stitch closed the opening used for turning.

1. I traced the 6 month size pattern onto tissue paper.

The pattern is to be cut on the fold but most of my scraps were too narrow.

So my hack was to add 1/2 inch seam allowance instead of the fold.

3. Sew the two sides together where the seam allowance was added.

Then trim to 1/4 inch and finger press open.

2. Cut out two panels of the same fabric with the seam allowance. This will be the front of the bib.

Cut another set from a different or the same fabric for the back of the bib. 

4. Very proud of matching lines on this print.

8. Ta-da! Double sided flannel bibs made from scraps.

P.S. I made 12 bibs in quick order.

This will become a standard part of my baby gift in the future.

Thanks for following my crazy, mixed-up photo story.