Husband worked at a temporary assignment for most of last year, and became good friends with his co-worker. Her first is a couple of years younger than W, my youngest, and the co-worker was trying to have another kid. After many false starts and dashed hopes she had a girl a week ago!
I get to make another quilt! I love making quilts (of course) but ones that have a purpose are the best.
I saw this one in January:

This is one of Rebecca Bryan‘s quilts, from a trunk show.
Edited to add: Rebecca shared this one here and blogged about it here.

Then I saw this one from Sotak Handmade a few weeks ago. The note on the bottom is my info for recreating it. But it’s originally a free pattern from Amy Smart of Diary of Quilter.
Loved the same star and similar colours in both quilts, so I bought fabric late Sunday and made this version this morning:
Borders? Quilting design? Will decide tomorrow. Opinions welcome in the mean time.
Linking up with Let’s Bee Social! and Needle and Thread Thursday. And Quilter in the Closet who is also doing sawtooth stars.
Baby quilts are the best! I like the way the low volume border on Svetlana’s lets the star “float”.
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Love both inspiration quilts. Your fabric choices are great. I would add a border if you want to make it larger. I got nothing for quilting suggestions.
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A border would enlarge the quilt and you could have fun playing with a design on it! I am terrible about quilting ideas…it’ll come to you when its time!
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What a beautiful design for a baby quilt! I can see why you were inspired to choose this pattern. Your version is lovely!
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Soft and pretty! I have that pattern pinned for someday also. I am sure it is a fast one to whip up.
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I love that design! I just watched the video on MQG about how to make the triangles like that. A great way to play and borrow from tradition to make something modern!
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Oh, my last comment was about the Rebecca Bryan quilt haha! But I have to agree with pennylanequilts’ thoughts about the border–adding a bit more background border outside of your design (maybe even off-centred or imbalanced) would really give the design a chance to pop, and would keep it from being crowded by the binding. Can’t wait to see the finish!
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Such a pretty fresh looking top.
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