Some Leap Day Quilts.
Posted on | February 29, 2024 | 8 Comments
I had to write the date a couple of times today and it felt a bit different. Only another 4 years before I can do it again.
And Happy Birthday to all those Leap Year babies!!!
I have strayed from my blue quilts to make a collection of donation quilts – baby size.
I realised I have several sets of these panels and was able to make a start on some quilts.
The first one was easy. Just cut out the 4 panels, add sashing and a border.
With the next one, I started with the single panel, which is a square. I wanted to turn it into a rectangle. I found a free pattern on the Birch blog site called In The Woods by Plum and June. It has a guide for adding borders that gradually increase the length of the piece, while still looking balanced in each border round.
I was happy with this one, so went back for seconds.
I only had a few pieces from the original fabric range but I had plenty to add to the mix.
I picked up some backing fabrics in a recent sale.
Most of the quilting was straight lines or loops, but I did have a little play in some sections.
I will keep these until I have a few more, then I can donate them.
I also found another distraction. It has been a while since I have played with any book making. I found one book that I had started so made the effort to get it finished.
I found an old atlas that was falling apart and used the paper to make new pages. Once they were stitched together I made a cover using another find, an old map poster.
I will use it to collect travel memorabilia.
That’s it for me. Back to more stitching.
Cheers, Karen
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A super way to use those panels.
What a clever way to expand those panels! They all look great!
So clever–make the top and bottom borders just a little bigger than the side borders, and little by little get a rectangle without noticing the difference! I love the conglomerate of prints you incorporated into your borders, too, Karen!!! And your book is so good!!!
Fantastic use of those panels, I have some similar left over from a quilt I did some time ago… may I copy your idea?
Hugz
You never seem to rest Karen! The book is great! Does it have pockets inside? And you are very generous to donate all those quilts!
You have great sweet baby quilts there. Hard to pick a favourite. I love your book….fantastic!
It was my Grans birthday yesterday. I’m not sure how old she would have been, well in to her hundreds. I do remember having a 21st party the year she was 84.
You finished some lovely quilts.
I love those little baby quilts, so pretty. Thanks for the link about adding orders to increase the length, that was very useful to read.