Ice Cream Baby Quilt

January 11, 2015

When I found out my brother in laws cousins were expecting a baby I was incredibly excited for them!  I may have been slightly more excited when I found out they were expecting a girl.  As I have four nephews I don't get to sew girly things very often.

When planning this quilt I was inspired by this mini quilt by Heather from Quilt Story.  I fell head over heels in love with it when I saw it on Instagram. 

Even though I had never tried paper piecing before following this tutorial from Sew We Quilt I found it rather straight forward.  Even with the mess it left on the floor of my sewing room.

Ice Cream Baby Quilt
 
I enlarged the blocks to a percentage I can't quite remember.  The quilt ended up quite a nice baby size.  The fabrics are mostly scrappy some Bonnie and Camille, Sweetwater, Michael Miller and Spotlight.  The main fabric is of course Ombre by V and Co for Moda.
 
I purchased the backing from East Coast Fabrics (My favourite fabric store, very thankful I live an hour from the nearest one!).
 

Ice Cream Baby Quilt Backing
 
All rolled up and ready to gift next week!
 
 
Rolled up and ready to gift!
 
The binding fabric was from Spotlight, bought on a whim because it was perfect for binding.
 
Can't wait to see their reaction.
 
Emma :)

2 comments:

  1. This is adorable! I have to agree...perfect binding :)

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  2. I might just have to see if they have any more next time I'm out there :) it did come in a navy colour way too....

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