Little cot quilt
 

[ATTACH=CONFIG]458259[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]458261[/ATTACH] This Is is for the third of my not yet born grandchildren due in April. It is a girl! It's definitely a girl. Mum chose the fabric which was designed by an artist inspired by her love of Africa. In the print there is representation of Mt Kilimanjaro and of course the foothills, plains and wild life. I still have loads off fabric left so plan on making a couple of smaller quilts. My problem is picking a design. A triptych kind of format was all I could think of so that the print wasn't lost. I'm not so sure how this will work in smaller quilts. I'd really appreciate any suggestions. Mum would like the same colours in all three. Thank you [ATTACH=CONFIG]458266[/ATTACH] oops! Some of those butterflies antennae are a bit wobbly!

Very nice quilt and quilting! Butterflies are such a cute addition. You can try doing some border quilts. Cut a large square or rectangle of your focus fabric and then add pieced borders until you get the size you want. One border can be triangles, another border can be checkerboard, etc. Check Pinterest.com or Google Images for Border quilts for some more ideas.

nicely done

Thank you and I will look at making the centre piece up with borders.

This is a wonderful quilt that show cases that awesome fabric perfectly.
peace

Www.maryquilts.com has a simple strippy quilt that would also showcase your fabric. It is similar to your quilt. By the way, I love your quilt and I love the lovely fabric, too.

nice colour combo

very nice love the butterflys!!!

Very nice and I too, like the butterflys

I really like the green and white fabric. You did a very nice job with it. I absolutely love the butterflies. Wonderful quilt. Your quilting is really sweet for this quilt.

Thank you. I will have a look.

great color combination.

Cutest fabric I've seen in awhile. What a nice quilt you made. The back with the butterflies is just adorable.

It's perfect, and two sided. Love the fabrics,the colors and the quilting!

very nice job.

Great job!

Hello everyone,
what a lovely and outstanding project it is.
Nice to see this.
Thanks for sharing.
JOHN

Wonderful work!

I like these colors together. And the butterflies on the back are especially nice. wobbly or not!

Lovely quilt, the colors are very nice and the butterflies add a sweet touch.

Butterfly antenna look great to me. Just like the entire quilt.

Very nice quilt and fabric!

Sweet quilt.

Me too, I really like the back butterfly addition.

Love both the quilt and quilting....GREAT job!!!

awesome quilts

It looks great.

Love your quilt - that fabric is so unique and you showcased it perfectly!

Do I understand this to mean triplets are on the way?!

This quilt is very cute and makes nice use of the fabric. For smaller quilts using the same fabric, perhaps you could fussy cut the little animals and use the landscape areas in more random ways. I could see it in something like a double Irish chain, with the light pink as the negative space and rows of the darker pink squares on either side of the green squares. By chance, I found a site showing the assembly of a double Irish chain that actually has a similar color arrangement, with a green print as the central chain. And it's small, only 9 blocks. http://catpatches.blogspot.com/2012/...nstructed.html You could, if so inclined, applique more of the adorable butterflies in the center of the light pink blocks.

Nicely done!

Nicely done!

thank you for this. I have done another one in pram size with a little bit of appliqué using the main fabric. But still have another to make so will have a look at the link. Not triplets but three babies due by beginning of April, two within a day of each other, one in Oz one here in Abz and the third in April also in Abz. The quilts are for the April baby. I did Beatrix Potter quilts curtains and storage boxes for one set of parents and vintage teddies and modern elephants for baby in Oz. I'm hoping to get all these finished plus another for my daughters friend in Oz before I fly out in couple of weeks fir a month. Busy, busy times. Some winter sunshine will be appreciated!

Not to jump on the bandwagon but I do love the butterflys. I love the African print material; I would have been drawn to it as well.

The second smaller quilt [ATTACH=CONFIG]458811[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]458812[/ATTACH] No attempt at Fmq as too much bulk in the fabric. Will be super cosy with the double sided fleece backing.

unique and lovely