It was a case of love at first sight for me when I saw this quilt over at one of my favourite quilting blogs, Film in the Fridge. I certainly have a bit of a thing for green, but I particularly loved the simplicity of a strip quilt and thought this was something I could do with my fledgling quilting skills (I've only made one other quilt to date).
My office friend Erin was leaving us at the end of June to have her second baby, whom we have dubbed 'Greg' after her older son wanted to name the new baby after a character on a TV programme. Most of the baby things little Greg (he will be given a different name when he arrives next month!) will have are things handed down to him by his big brother, and with this in mind I really wanted to make him a lovely quilt all of his own. It was serendipitous, therefore, that just as I was pondering how I'd make Greg's quilt Ashley at Film in the Fridge posted a helpful tutorial on her strip quilts.
Armed with such an excellent guide, there was nothing more for me to do but stock up on fabrics from David Walker's adorable 'Oh Boy' range (most of it acquired from Ebay in the USA), and set to work. This is what I ended up with:
My office friend Erin was leaving us at the end of June to have her second baby, whom we have dubbed 'Greg' after her older son wanted to name the new baby after a character on a TV programme. Most of the baby things little Greg (he will be given a different name when he arrives next month!) will have are things handed down to him by his big brother, and with this in mind I really wanted to make him a lovely quilt all of his own. It was serendipitous, therefore, that just as I was pondering how I'd make Greg's quilt Ashley at Film in the Fridge posted a helpful tutorial on her strip quilts.
Armed with such an excellent guide, there was nothing more for me to do but stock up on fabrics from David Walker's adorable 'Oh Boy' range (most of it acquired from Ebay in the USA), and set to work. This is what I ended up with:
I was so thrilled with how this turned out that I secretly wanted to keep it for myself! I love it, of course for the sweet little animal fabrics (look at the happy lions! And the plump blue elephant!) but I also love this project because it was one which I carefully planned out and set my mind to, and then worked on with with love for my dear friend and her new baby. My quilting leaves a lot to be desired, but I like to think this adds to the character of the quilt - it's not the 'perfect' thing you would find in a shop.
After spending weeks planning how I would put these fabrics together, I ended up leaving the construction to the very last minute and had to make the whole thing in the weekend prior to my friend's departure. So, this little quilt can make for a relatively quick project!
The colours have been selected to match the baby's nursery, which has one wall each of bright blue, green, read and yellow. As mentioned, I used mainly the 'Oh Boy' line from David Walker for FreeSpirit fabrics, as well as some random bits from the stash and some sweet spotty fabrics which I think are from American Jane for Moda. The binding is some green plaid fabric I bought when visiting my in-laws in Moree a few years ago, and the backing is David Walker's "Oh Boy" animal print in the smaller print size.
I have plenty of offcuts of these lovely prints - I think I might put together a few bibs and dummy clips for when 'Greg' arrives.
I picked up a few other things for the little one, to package up with his new quilt - some adorable suits from Gymboree. I must have been loving the jungle animals - look, another sweet little lion!
Packaged up and ready to go!
Beautiful quilt - the recipient must be absolutely thrilled :)
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