Leaha's Quilt

Little Leaha is 2 months old today!


(These photos were taken a few weeks ago at my Dad's wedding. She was an angel through the whole thing!)

I had to wait til she was born to find out she was a girl and then I could start making her a quilt. I've had this Sorbet for 2 years and I finally got to use it. I finished the quilt top back in April and have been slowly quilting it when I get 5 minutes.


I used this 'Moda Bake Shop' Pattern called 'Awesome' Lap Quilt which sadly needed some tweaking to make it work. I had to trim the blocks to make them fit together and then adjust the lengths of the strips to make it right.
When I laid the 3 sections out together it was just to...pink? To much of something...and very overwhelming! It needed the plain cream to break up the colour a bit and then it looked odd with just the sashings so I added an outer border too.


I've quilted straight-in-the-ditch lines along each section and a small stipple in cream thread on the sashings and border.

A total 'stash' quilt! Yeah me!

More quilting to come!

Comments

Anonymous said…
You look stunning in that photo.
7:07 pm
Car said…
Love the quilt :) and bubby is pretty cute too!
10:09 pm
Daddy said…
Everytime I look at you in that photo it gives me a tingle. You are an amazingly beautiful woman.
12:49 pm
Gillian said…
Hi Amanda. Love this quilt. It was great to meet you at the Kellie Wulfsohn class. Looking forward to seeing your finished cushion on your blog. Gillian
5:34 pm
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