Irish chain baby quilt
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Irish chain baby quilt
Just finished this baby quilt for my niece and my soon to arrive great nephew. She requested simple white, cream, or light gray. This is what I decided to do. The white is a bright white and the gray is Moda “Grunge”. I quilted it with an icy blue Floriani thread. The quilting is definitely utilitarian since we are packing up to move 1200 miles away, and I wanted to finish this before everything got packed. The border has some SID, stars, and loops plus his name. I never sew anything by hand that can be done by machine, so I finished the binding with a feather stitch. Note the shadow in the middle is just because it is being held oddly.
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Thanks folks. The mom was vague about colors, just that she preferred pale, low volume colors like white, cream, and gray. As for the binding, sometimes I use a three step zigzag, but the feather stitch is my favorite. It is very forgiving. I also do a number of Quilts for Kids donation quilts. Their rules are no hand stitching, including the binding, so I have a lot of excuses for no hand work.
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