Michelle Bartholomew

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WIP Wednesday: One down, One to Go

June 19, 2013 by Michelle

I am still so excited to have finished my second quilt ever.

finished baby quilt

I dropped it off at my mom’s on Friday and she’s going to take it to the baby shower next weekend. I can’t go unfortunately because I had already signed up for the Bavarian Battle. It’s basically one of those obstacle course races, but with a Bavarian twist. At the end we get bavarian hats, a brat, and a beer (I might sneak in wine :)). Very excited about this.

In the quilt project department, I have another baby quilt planned for another friend. I seriously have 10 friends who are pregnant right now, so they will all be getting quilts at some point. Great motivation to keep practicing!

I’m calling this the Baby D quilt. They decided not to find out if it’s a boy or a girl, so that was a bit of a challenge for colors. I went a little untraditional and am going with red and blue. I think it leans slightly more towards boy, but I think it works for a girl too.

It’s basically just going to be a chevron quilt with red & cream. And then for the backing, I bought this cute woodsy alphabet fabric. My friends are both outdoorsy, so I thought this was fitting.

fabric

When I bought the red and the white, I hadn’t calculated for the amount the material would shrink (I prewash everything) and as I was cutting squares I realized I wouldn’t have enough. Luckily I had some red and cream left over from my house pillow, so I used that. They are different shades of each, but I actually think that will give it a depth that it wouldn’t have had otherwise. I guess we’ll see! Time to start sewing those half square triangles!

WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced

Filed Under: Work-In-Progress

Comments

  1. wombatquilts says

    June 19, 2013 at 9:34 pm

    Wow I wish my second quilt looked this good. Congratulations on a fabulous finish.

    • mbartholomew says

      June 20, 2013 at 12:04 am

      Thank you so much!

  2. Pieces of Sunshine says

    June 19, 2013 at 10:33 pm

    I love your finished quilt, a great classic design which I find still has as strong appeal for me. Your new one looks like it will be fun too.

    • mbartholomew says

      June 20, 2013 at 12:05 am

      Thanks! 🙂

  3. snips says

    June 20, 2013 at 3:13 am

    Fantastic little quilt! And only your second one?! Awesome work!

    • mbartholomew says

      June 20, 2013 at 3:14 pm

      Thanks for your kind words!

  4. Andy says

    June 20, 2013 at 4:29 am

    Seriously – that’s your second finished quilt? Gorgeous and well done!

    • mbartholomew says

      June 20, 2013 at 3:16 pm

      Haha yes it is! You’d be able to tell if you looked closely, nothing quite lines up 🙂 Thanks for your nice comment!

  5. stephanie says

    June 20, 2013 at 9:32 pm

    Yeah second quilt! Very sweet. LOVE your profile pic!!!

    • mbartholomew says

      June 21, 2013 at 4:19 pm

      Thanks Stephanie! I tried to comment on your WIP for the week, but was having trouble. Just wanted to tell you your blocks are looking great! 🙂

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