My 2021 goal of one WIP finish each month carries an additional speed bump this month. I need to finish a quilt for my neighbor's first baby by the end of March, too.
I'd planned to use a Spoonflower panel I designed because my neighbors and I have shared gardening love and seeds ever since they moved in a little more than a year ago. The panel comes from a photo I snapped of a butterfly on my delphinium. I've shared delphinium seeds with my neighbors. And we have enjoyed watching butterflies and hummingbirds feasting on the nectar of my flowers.
![my favorite pollinator](https://photos.smugmug.com/Critters/Flutterbyes/i-k2pnFkD/0/3b4ac14f/M/DEB2898-M.jpg)
![my Spoonflower design](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/ISell/n-nPcCps/My-Spoonflower-Designs/i-gF7xzdx/1/b3aa6a88/M/ButterfliesAreFree02-M.jpg)
The panel wasn't quite big enough, so I added borders of scraps from my stash. I had no idea what to do for the back but stumbled upon a solid pastel layer cake I'd bought on sale specifically to make a baby quilt for my niece's first child about six years ago. I'd planned to free motion quilt free-hand baby dinosaurs in each block, but chickened out because my FMQ skills were so weak.
Putting together the back for this quilt made me wish I could find another layer cake just like this one so I could try my hand at the dinosaurs on my domestic machine. Maybe one day I will have to make my own pastel layer cake from the solids in my stash. For now, I'm thrilled to be ready to quilt another two-sided creation, and I'm so happy I was able to use what I have instead of buying anything new.
![pastel fun](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-quilting-too/i-qwPNhTT/0/afd495f4/M/IMG_5084_HEIC-M.jpg)
Linking up with Alycia Quilts and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
Well done! Your Butterfly on Delphinium is gorgeous! The quilt is spectacular!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Grammajudyb! My delphiniums are just starting to poke up through the soil again, and I cannot wait!!!
DeleteHow cool is that fabric you designed - and what a pretty setting!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Alycia! We just (distantly) delivered the quilt to the new parents this week, and they loved it! I'm so thrilled!
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