Fairy Tales Quilt
One of my wonderful friends just had her second baby – a girl! She was team green which was very hard for me to accept since I knew I wanted to make her something. 
Sigh….I guess it was her pregnancy though. 
Honestly, I never thought I’d be interested in not finding out girl or boy beforehand, but when I saw the message that the baby was born and it was a girl, I was REALLY excited. Like crazy excited. I guess team green will do that to you.
I actually had a feeling it was a girl so I had been scoping out ideas online. Initially I was going to make something like Ashley’s Animal Sherbet Squares quilt. I even have the fabric. The nursery is safari themed and I thought this would add a great girly touch to the room after being used for a boy the last 2 years. Then I got wind of the Spoonflower printing fading issue. (This digitally printed fabric fades after a few washes.) And I didn’t want to put all that work into something that should last forever, just to have it look bad after 3 washes.
So I started looking again…and found this sneak peek by Nettie at A Quilt is Nice. Before I had a daughter, I would have told you that I would never want or get anything “princessy” for a baby girl. I didn’t want to push the “princess” thing. Well, now I know it’s an unstoppable force. And I also know it makes little girls inexplicably happy, and that makes me happy. So I go with it.
This quilt is made of 3 things I normally don’t use – a fabric panel, a jelly roll, and a vintage sheet for the binding. I just *love* stripy bindings and it seems I find myself using them on most of my baby quilts.
I quilted free motion on the sashing only, which you can see best on the back photo. I used some solids to make a stripe on the back. It measures 34″ x 34″.
Kara, I hope you and baby L love this blanket. If not, you know my little princess will take it off your hands. LOL
And speaking of babies…look what hatched under our deck!
I hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!
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Tagged as: Baby · Bella Solids · Fabric Panel · Free Motion · Vintage Sheet
it’s so cute! I just got mine finished up, and need to get it posted. I love the backing.
I absolutely adore those fairytale blocks! I’m sure the quilt will be cherished and loved for a very long time.
So sweet! I love the way you used the fabric panel.
What a beautiful, generous gift! And I’m loving that fairy tale creatures fabric.
this is so beautiful. great gift! i really like the fairy tale fabric. which line is that from?
what a great baby quilt!! The new mom will love it!
Faith, it is just beautiful! I’m sure she will LOVE it!
Oh, cute! …quilt and birdies! We’ve got eggs in our birdhouse and we just can’t wait for chickies.
http://birdgirlsverymessynest.blogspot.com/2010/05/lotsa-birdies.html
….my daughter’s blog.
I love it! Just found your blog and I have had a great time looking through old posts. Thanks for more inspiration!
I know! The princess thing is inevitable….Brynn is 2 1/2. She found some sheer curtain – put it on her head and said she was getting married! I have NO idea where that came from….she’s never been to a wedding. Crazy girls
Ok, I am JUST getting to catch up on the blogs I have not read since Layla was born. We LOVE the quilt!! She has already had a few tummy time sessions on it. It is just beautiful! I love how the quilting goes around the panels, too. Cute, cute, cute! Also, lol to team green – I have never heard that expression!
OMG! This is just so beautiful… I’m going to order that panel fabric right away… I dont really care whom I’ll make it for, but I am going to make it and thats final!!!