I finally got around to quilting the windmill baby quilt. Since it's 40" wide, it fit on one width of backing fabric, but only if I quilted it on my domestic machine. There wasn't enough extra width to load it on the long arm. I gave it a loose meander to keep it soft and drapey. It's been a while since I FMQ'd on my home machine, and I'm out of practice! My loops aren't as smooth as when I do them on the long arm.
This is another of those projects that my village helped with. Julie sent a couple of the fabrics in the top, and Cherie provided the batting and the backing. Thanks so much, friends!
This little quilt will go to a young family at nearby Luke Air Force Base. PCQ recently added Luke to our vetted charities, and it's nice to have a destination for smaller donation quilts.
Link ups: Small Quilts and Doll Quilts 10/27; Alycia Quilts 10/31
Windmill is one of my favorite scrappy block patterns. This baby quilt is so sweet, and I'm sure the young military family will love it.
ReplyDeleteOh, it turned out so sweet 💕. Isn’t it funny how moving the pen over paper (longarmimg ) doesn’t keep the paper under the pen (DSM) movement a current skill?
ReplyDeleteCute quilt. Love the colors and it’s going to a worthy cause.
ReplyDeleteI love it when a smaller quilt can fit on a width of fabric backing. It looks wonderful and I'm sure some family will deeply appreciate the care you and your village put into creating it.
ReplyDeleteA very cute finish!
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable, colorful windmill quilt! And the backing & binding are peachy keen!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is an adorable finish, for sure!!! That one will be loved!!!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteSo cute!! and yay for you getting to quilt it, I bet it was fun to get those skills going again
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