I think I scoured every quilt shop in the area for just the right fabric. Just as I was leaving the last one, I popped on over to the fat quarter section and low and behold found IT! They had 4 fq's left and I snapped them up hoping it would be enough. From there it was easy to pick a couple of complimentary pieces and then the border fabrics just reached out and grabbed me.
I had the top finished in no time and then took it over to the shop to quilt it on the HQ16 ~ long arm quilting machine. Got it all done and as I was taking it off the frame I realized the tension was off ~ I mean really badly and I knew I was going to have to take the entire thing apart! That took a while and now I needed to come up with a plan B. I decided to try quilting it (well part of it) with the embroidery unit of my machine. I used a simple heart design in the middle of the blocks and it turned out really cute.
Doncha love the little bunnies in there? The only pain in the butt was having to rehoop the quilt 24 times! The rest of it, I stitched in the ditch ~ got the hand sewing done on the binding last night and today I am putting it in the mail. Sure hope she likes it. 
8 comments:
Adorable! What a PITA that you had to take the first quilting out though!
It's beautiful, Barb! The quilting idea is fabulous - you make lemonade out of those lemons, that's for sure!
The quilt is lovely, Barb! I'm sure Charlynn will be pleased with it!
It's beautiful!
Wow, that quilt is awesome!
That seriously stinks about the tension! It still turned out great. I love that stripe in the inner border. It really sets it off. Very nice quilt (looking into the middle distance, thinking of baby girls).
That is a very cute little quilt! Love the colors and the quilting! Good luck in my giveaway. :)
oh wow, that quilt is soo cute!
I'm currently crocheting a baby blanket and will post when I'm done. I did get my little tea cozy in the mail and it was good! thanks, you do great work!
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