I finished the Quilts for Kids kit that was sent to me, I used a low loft cotton/poly batting per their directions and I machine quilted it with just meandering. The backing fabric they had in the kit would have just looked hideous rolled to the front and used to bind the quilt. Luckily, I had some lime green left from the other quilt I am making to go along with this one, and it was a perfect match. So the binding problem was solved.
Here's the front of "Sun Cats"-
The fabric for the other quilt is from my stash, and I like it better. It seems to me a little more boyish, so maybe my quilts will go to a girl and a boy? Anyway, here's the other one, pin basted and waiting to be machine quilted.
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I think that each of these will please some child.......what a wonderful thing to have, just to know that someone out there loves you !
ReplyDeleteI can't machine-quilt very well with polyester batting, so I may have to rethink my desire to do one of these ! You seem to have done a really good job.
You picked colors well for this second one, too. I always love turquoise and green together, and the plum and gold are GREAT contrast/accents.
Dolly, thanks, I haven't done a whole lot of machine quilting, and I wouldn't attempt it with a straight polyester batting, but what I used was 80/20 cotton/poly and was real easy to work with:)
ReplyDeleteA little girl will definitely love the kitty quilt!
ReplyDeleteAww, thanks Kateri:)
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