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.

One of my favorite patterns! Looks great.

Nice finish. I love the binding stitch. I may have to copy your idea.

Good job!!

Love it...and the binding stitch looks awesome. I like doing this too!

Very pretty, I really like the colors. Looks very soothing.

Great quilt for a little boy. Gray continues to be a popular color...nicely done.

Nice work. The binding is perfect.

That is a lovely baby quilt, I am going to have to try out your binding stitch it is a very pretty finish.

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.