Mini Memory Quilt in Red

Finally ready! I feel like it took meg forever to finish this small but it's ready. I can finally play with it. I mean... My daughter can play with it :)

The full quilt is about 32 x 46 cm (about 12.5 in x 18 in), the side of a small rectangle is 4 cm (~1.5 in), almost the same size as my other mini memory quilt. The difference is that for this one I used a slightly smaller binding, I think it looks better like this. The back of the quilt is made of a piece of a white polar blanket. The binding is the same dark red velvet I used for my red memory quilt.

Now my daughter can play with it...

Cheers,

  

Mini Memory Quilt in Red

This weekend I finished the quilt top of my mini memory quilt and quilted it.

It took me less than I expected to put all the 2 by 2 blocks together, but then the quilting part... I felt like it took me forever. After checking the dates of the pictures on my camera I realised that I quilted it in less than an hour with a regular sewing machine. For backing I used a small piece of a white polar blanket. Now I need to do the binding and it's ready!

Cheers,

  

Mini Memory Quilt in Red

After finishing the memory quilt in red I promised my daughter to make a mini memory quilt for her doll.

This weekend I had some time so I started cutting the squares and prepared the blocks. It is a postage stamp quilt where the squares are 5 cm by 5 cm (~2" by 2") and it was hard to work with them, especially with the crazy ones.

Here are the 2 by 2 blocks with the crazy squares:

All blocks are ready, I just need to sew them together and finish the quilt...

Cheers,

  

Memory Quilt in Red

The last two days I was secretly quilting my memory quilt in red. It is ready! I wasn’t sure that I will be able to finish it before Christmas so I tried to hide it from her.

The back is plain white and the binding is baby plush I had from a previous project. Since I only have a basic sewing machine, I quilted it with straight lines. This is not a fluffy quilt like my previous memory quilt, it is more like a blanket, so it was easier to quilt it.

I hope my daughter will like it!

The last few days frost covered everything, it is so beautiful!

Cheers,

  

Memory Quilt in Red

Well... The other day my daughter asked me to take out the boxes with her old clothes. These days she was continuously asking about the time she was just a baby so I didn't suspected anything. After a couple of hours she came to me with half a dozen of red onesies, shirts, pants, a pair of old stockings, even a hat, and asked me to make a quilt for her sofa. I was really surprised, but how can I say no for such a kind request... Then she reminded me, that her doll also needs a new quilt. From the same red materials she brought to me. So this weekend I started to make a new memory quilt. This time a memory quilt in red.

Here are all the red fabrics for the quilt and a few of the chain pieced squares. Each square is 10 cm by 10 cm (~4 in x 4 in).

I found 3 appliqués I wanted to use, but they were a bit taller than the other squares so I made a wider row with them.

And the quilt top is ready! It was a very windy day so my DH helped me by holding the quilt. As you can see, there are a few crazy squares that I had to add to the quilt...

Cheers,