Friday, October 4, 2013

H is for Henry - Finished!

So this finish makes me giddy.


Henry, the son of a good friend, thinks his name is "Hank the Crank," so he really needs this reminder.

His mom {who runs Bumps'n'Roo} picked the pattern and fabric {all from the Curiosities and Mischief line.}

Things that make me giddy - my applique didn't come out half bad. I took the advice of Lynn from What A Hoot and used newsprint paper as a stabilizer  and watched Connecting Thread's video to see how to turn corners. I didn't always turn perfectly, but there's a lot more good ones than bad ones.

Oh, and the tiny minor I SORT-OF-FREE-MOTION-QUILTED THE WHOLE DARN THING.

Okay, so it's a panto on a long arm and I can trace a line with a giant machine, stitch regulator, and a laser pointer. But I did it!

I did chicken out on filling the "holes" in the panto with freehand...but I'll get there. I also chickened out on not panto-ing the middle section, but the quilting is light enough that it doesn't distract from the letters.

I don't love the backing, but it's a nice soft flannel, so it'll be snuggly. 

Oh, look, I can still get a wind shot in Washington!

The original pattern stopped at the second red border - a tiny 28" quilt. My friend intended the yellow/orange to be the backing, but I used it as another border to bring it up to a normal size - 38x40."

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10 comments:

  1. I really like your quilt. I'm making one for also for a Henry. Going to go check out your applique suggestion. Thanks for sharing

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  2. What a cute baby quilt! I love when quilts incorporate the name of the baby. My daughter who is 3 and a half still loves it when she finds her name on something.

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  3. Congrats on the finish. It's a fun quilt!

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  4. Very nice! I'm sure Henry will love it!

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  5. It looks really good, such a nice personal quilt, great work!

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  6. Lovely!! :) Thanks for linking up

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  7. It turned out so great! I like the backing. :) The smaller dots are really nice with the larger dots on the front. Good call on enlarging it with the outer border, which looks fantastic with the red repeated on the binding. And WAY TO GO on the quilting. WHOOP WHOOP!

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  8. Yay! What a happy finish! :) Love the colors on this and your applique looks fantastic.

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  9. What an adorable quilt, Kate! You did a fabulous job! Whoop whoop!!

    PS I ignore household chores too!

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  10. Oooh -- I love personalized baby quilts!

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