The Portion of my Inheritance

This is the baby quilt I made for our new little Landon.

So a trip to JoAnn’s found me loaded down with 1/2 yard pre-pieced quilt squares (I actually cut this in half), 1/2 yard of baby blue minky fabric, 1 yard for border and and hemming and 21/2 yards for the outside border and back. You will also need quilt batting, I used low loft.

Minky is wonderful and super soft, but it is hard to work with, it moves when you sew it, so make sure that you pin, pin, pin.

I cut a 4 inch border out of the minky and sewed it to the already pieced center.

Then ironed it in place.  Ironing is a must, the seams will not lay flat or look good if you do not iron.  Be careful when you iron the minky that your iron is not too hot, it will melt.

I cut another 4 inch border out of the circle fabric and sewed it to the minky border.

I usually let the border hang over then go back with my square and cut it off.

Since the last border had a pattern and because of the size I wanted the quilt, I cut the side border so that I would have one row of the animals going down the sides, making sure that the pattern of the fabric is running the right way. I sewed the sides on first.

I cut the border for the top and bottom wider, running the pattern of the fabric the same way as the sides, then sewed it onto the quilt.

This is the top of the quilt.

I laid the quilt on top of the batting and cut it the same size.  With wrong sides together I laid the quilt back and top together, making sure the back had overhang all around for hemming.

Then I pinned it into place so it would not move while I quilted it on my sewing machine.

Starting in the center, and smoothing it out as I sewed, I quilted it using a long stitch.

Working from the center out and sewing all around the quilt until it was all quilted.

I then turned the overhang over and pinned in place for the hem.

And sewed it down.

This is the finished project.

l confess, I got a lot of puckering on the back and had to rip out the quilt seams, like four times, but finally did it one seam at a time, then ironed it before I went on to the next.

I washed it in Dreft laundry soap for babies and it came out smelling nice. 

“Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, You will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.”  Psalm 68:13