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15 September 2014

Quilt for Baby H

My old roommate had her baby! A healthy happy baby boy from the pictures! And, I've just about finished the top. I was going for an abstract beach day, to go with the estuary theme of the nursery.

Baby H Quilt
Quilt up on my living room wall! Small picture is postcard size if you're determining scale. 

I think it went a little too abstract, so I'm going to piece the back in rows with a bunch of cute prints. That way she can use whichever side she wants! My favorite part is the sun, where the curves all meet up. I think the part I don't like so much is the ocean - I should have gone a little darker with my 'foam' color. It's too close to one of the sky colors. 


Baby H Quilt
Close up of piecing. 

I made simple quarter circles and cut every block down to 6", then pieced the top together. The curved piecing was a lot simpler and faster than I thought it would be, I just used a pin at the center and one at the start and worked my way around.


Baby H Quilt
Blocks laid out - colors are off!

I had fun playing around with the blocks before I settled on the layout. I liked the feeling of this image, even though the colors are way off. Maybe I'll make a half square circle quilt...that's the curvy equivalent of a half square triangle, right? 

10 comments:

  1. Oh, Liz, that is beautiful! I don't think it is too abstract at all! I love the sun and how the curves draw your eye around the quilt.

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  2. Gorgeous! I've been avoiding curved piecing ... but you make it sound so simple :)

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  3. Gorgeous! My fave part is the orange swirly piece that meets between the dark blue. Not too abstract at all - very modern art like. Love it.

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  4. I love the creativity of this quilt! The sun is great and I don't think it's too abstract at all. As soon as you said "beach day" I could see it. It's gorgeous!

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  5. What a stunning quilt! So creative. I'm sure your roommate will love it!

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  6. This is amazing! I saw the ocean waves as soon as I looked at it, before reading your description!

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  7. I love how you did this! Very beach, without being too beach... if that makes any sense. Beautifully done!

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  8. Oh, I love this! Ever since I made my first curvy thing earlier this year I've been loving curved piecing and want to do more. The colours as they are in your laid out picture also look really great together (they kind of have a retro vintage feel?).

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  9. Very beautiful! I love the curved piecing.

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  10. I agree with everyone else, not too abstract at all! It is stunning.

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