Wednesday 31 August 2011

Samuel's Baby Quilt!

Honestly, I never thought this blog would be the kind to feature regular baby quilt projects, but if two can be considered 'regular', then I'm going to need to accept that maybe this is that type of blog! Maybe I should make a few more cocktail dresses and get drunk in them to balance things out! Anyways, as long as my crew keep pumping out those little 'uns, Auntie Zo will be whipping up quilts to put them on/over them, rest assured.

This second quilting endeavour belongs to baby Samuel, who sadly I have not yet had the privaledge of meeting as he resides in Essex, and I'm currently too skint to afford the train fare. But in the meantime I hope the love and special thoughts that got infused into this quilt as I sewed it are making themselves felt.

After good reviews from my first quilt attempt for baby Surayya, I decided to stick to the same dimensions and construction method. I even used the same teal sateen as the main solid tone in the patchwork. The colour scheme for this quilt was meant to be colours of the sea (blues, greens, teals, turquoises) but it ended up too intense with too many different patterns, so I narrowed the selection of fabrics and colours to tone the whole thing down a touch. A lot of the squares in this quilt are scraps from men's shirts, which are a perfect weight and softness for a baby patchwork affair. In fact, I was tempted to make the whole thing out of old shirts, but I feared that would look too formal and adult. I hope I've struck a decent balance in the end.

My favourite part of this quilt is the large blue and white check because those scraps came from the leftovers of this shirt I made for Pat (AKA, Mr 'So, Zo...'). I like how the scale of that check looks giant when contrasted against the smaller scaled checks I also used.

The main difference between this quilt and the first, aside from the fabrics used, is that I got this one finished before Samuel was born and was able to give it to his mum at her baby shower, whereas the first quilt had to be produced after the baby shower as it was made from fabrics brought by the baby shower attendees. Under what circumstances my third baby quilt attempt will be produced is as yet unknown!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

So so pretty! I hope the little man loves it.

Corrine said...

your quilt is lovely. sewing of any type is good blog fodder, keep up the good work. by the way, I usually have one or two quilts made up ahead of time. I don't like to be pressured.

Amber Elayne said...

Zo, this is stunning (in a totally boy kind of way) but I love how the fabrics you used are complimented by the classic quilt pattern you've used! They get to speak for themselves!

MrsC (Maryanne) said...

It is absolutely lovely.

Shelly said...

Great colour combination. Perfect for a little man. I'm sure it will be put to good use.

Veronica said...

You've given me SO many ideas now Zo! I have been hoarding scraps and just waiting for project ideas! YAY! AND there are so many babes in my life too! I just became a reallife Aunty, and a Fairy Godmother to a whole bunch more!

jason @ gold work embroidery said...

Lovely. Everyone should have an Auntie Zoe.

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