Luv'n Ladybugs
 

I've been wanting to do a black/white/red quilt and when a family friend told me they using a ladybug theme for their daughter's new "big girl" room, I jumped at the chance to make her a quilt. Win-Win :thumbup:

I was having trouble get ALL the seams to match, so I used a decorative stitch around the diamonds formed by the white corners of each block to hide any not-quite-matching seams, and I fussy cut ladybugs from one of the fabrics and centered them in the diamonds for the same reason. The blocks were quilted with a simple triple-flower motif using my Viking 600E embroidery machine, and then I stitched-in-the-ditch around each square and the borders.

My favorite part is the Ladybug Alphabet I found at Embroidery Library that I used to embroider the new big-sister's name on the outer border.

The backing is a flannel I found that matched one of the fabrics I used.

This is the first quilt that I've quilted myself. I liked using the embroidery machine for the quilt motifs...

Hope you like it!
[ATTACH=CONFIG]353087[/ATTACH] Full quilt

[ATTACH=CONFIG]353088[/ATTACH]Decorative stitching, fussy cuts and quilting

[ATTACH=CONFIG]353089[/ATTACH]Embroidered name

[ATTACH=CONFIG]353090[/ATTACH]Backing

SO cute! She is going to love her "big girl" quilt to go in her "big girl" room! Great job!

So cute. I have been watching Black n White quilt's and am leaning to do one. (with the third color) They are striking.

Really cute and so creative. Good job.

Love this one! I am using my embroidery machine to quilt. Do you have a particular stabilisher you use?

Absolutly adorable! You did a wonderful job. Don't forget to sign it.

Really Really like this quilt. Great job.

What a cute quilt! :thumbup:

Adorable, love it, great work!!!

I like that A LOT!!!