Baby K's Quilt

I've finally picked a quilt pattern for Baby K! I had originally found a quilt that had large-ish machine appliqued turtles. But I really don't think I have the time to teach myself machine applique to the point that I would be brave enough to do it on an actual quilt. So I found a really cute pattern that utilizes a larger scale print and simple piecing.

Quilt Pattern

Naturally I headed to my favorite ABQ quilt shop, Southwest Decoratives, to pick out the fabrics! Since we do not know the baby's gender I tried to go with a neutral green theme. But it ended up being more green and blue. Oh well. It will be super cute regardless! The print in the upper left corner that looks like plain white is actually cream colored with white dragonflies. You can see it better in the second picture.

Fabrics for Baby K's quilt

Close up of fabric from upper left had corner. It's dragonflies!!

I finished cutting all the pieces today. Tomorrow I hope to start the piecing. I have quite a few half square triangles to make from the blue sunflowery and dragonfly prints. After that it's just piecing the squares, which should go pretty quickly!

I am tempted to have it long arm quilted at the quilt shop. For some reason I can't get the tension adjusted properly for free motion quilting. My machine can handle straight line quilting, but that is kinda boring. I think it just depends on how quickly I finish it, as the shop has a 4-6 week wait for long arm quilting.

I am also making this same pattern for our neighbor who is having a little boy! She has decided on a monkey themed quilt! It will also be super cute!!

Nothing new to report in baby related news. This little girl or guy is kicking up a storm! We have a regular doctors appointment and a perinatal ultrasound before we head to NY for the baby shower. We are really looking forward to seeing everyone in April!