Applique??
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Applique??
I was going through some of my bigger fabrics today, still making room for the new sewing machine and just doing some general organizing and I came across this piece.
I have a great-niece that just turned 1yr. just this past week, her mama has dubbed her 'The Rainbow Baby', so everything in her nursery is rainbow colored. When I saw this piece, my thoughts immediately went to the baby, but could use some ideas.
The fabric is like very thin denim, it's heavier than most of the fabrics I use to quilt with, I don't even know when I picked this up or even why. My thinking is to cut out the individual butterflies and applique them onto a lap quilt, maybe with some pinwheels in sky blue, pink and light purple with the butterflies dispersed across the blocks, maybe have a corner with three or four?? I saw a baby quilt recently somewhere online where the background was colorful polka-dots on white, so thinking maybe that background?
Quilt as I go using a meander pattern so it looks like lazy flight patterns??
Any thoughts, ladies?
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I have a great-niece that just turned 1yr. just this past week, her mama has dubbed her 'The Rainbow Baby', so everything in her nursery is rainbow colored. When I saw this piece, my thoughts immediately went to the baby, but could use some ideas.
The fabric is like very thin denim, it's heavier than most of the fabrics I use to quilt with, I don't even know when I picked this up or even why. My thinking is to cut out the individual butterflies and applique them onto a lap quilt, maybe with some pinwheels in sky blue, pink and light purple with the butterflies dispersed across the blocks, maybe have a corner with three or four?? I saw a baby quilt recently somewhere online where the background was colorful polka-dots on white, so thinking maybe that background?
Quilt as I go using a meander pattern so it looks like lazy flight patterns??
Any thoughts, ladies?
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butterfly quilt
I was going through some of my bigger fabrics today, still making room for the new sewing machine and just doing some general organizing and I came across this piece.
I have a great-niece that just turned 1yr. just this past week, her mama has dubbed her 'The Rainbow Baby', so everything in her nursery is rainbow colored. When I saw this piece, my thoughts immediately went to the baby, but could use some ideas.
The fabric is like very thin denim, it's heavier than most of the fabrics I use to quilt with, I don't even know when I picked this up or even why. My thinking is to cut out the individual butterflies and applique them onto a lap quilt, maybe with some pinwheels in sky blue, pink and light purple with the butterflies dispersed across the blocks, maybe have a corner with three or four?? I saw a baby quilt recently somewhere online where the background was colorful polka-dots on white, so thinking maybe that background?
Quilt as I go using a meander pattern so it looks like lazy flight patterns??
Any thoughts, ladies?
[ATTACH=CONFIG]616884[/ATTACH]
I have a great-niece that just turned 1yr. just this past week, her mama has dubbed her 'The Rainbow Baby', so everything in her nursery is rainbow colored. When I saw this piece, my thoughts immediately went to the baby, but could use some ideas.
The fabric is like very thin denim, it's heavier than most of the fabrics I use to quilt with, I don't even know when I picked this up or even why. My thinking is to cut out the individual butterflies and applique them onto a lap quilt, maybe with some pinwheels in sky blue, pink and light purple with the butterflies dispersed across the blocks, maybe have a corner with three or four?? I saw a baby quilt recently somewhere online where the background was colorful polka-dots on white, so thinking maybe that background?
Quilt as I go using a meander pattern so it looks like lazy flight patterns??
Any thoughts, ladies?
[ATTACH=CONFIG]616884[/ATTACH]
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by FMQing the butterflies and some FMQing filler between.
You might pick up some ideas from this thread ...
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If it has a "coarse" feel, as bearisgray says, I wouldn't use it on the back as it sounds like it might be too stiff for a baby quilt which I like to be soft. I often use flannel for the back for newborns. Anyway, you would soften that feel by cutting the butterflies out and appliqueing them, but remember that some fusibles make things a bit stiff, too. So get the softest "hand" you can when appliqueing. It would be very pretty!
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I think it would work great as a background for a play mat. I have found that most new moms love to have something for babies to roll around on the floor. You could make up a bright happy quilt for the front using the butterfly fabric as a focal fabric.
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The fabric I have that is the same print - it is not scratchy - just more coarsely woven than some of the other "quilting cottons" that I have.
I have found that softer, more tightly woven fabrics, are easier for me to use for needle-turn applique.
If doing fusible applique, it probably would not matter.
I have found that softer, more tightly woven fabrics, are easier for me to use for needle-turn applique.
If doing fusible applique, it probably would not matter.
#10
I love butterflies! I have a variety of butterfly fabrics and each one is only cut into for a very special quilt. Some I have had more than 20 years and are well cared for. This is one I do not have. I love your idea of butterflies and the rainbows. This will make a very precious quilt for a very precious baby.
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