Baby D-day is estimated in 39 days. Not that anyone around here is counting or anything. I still have a ton of work to do before she makes her appearance (female pronouns are so fun to use!). But progress is being made. And with each completed To-Do, I get more excited and motivated to get the rest of it done, too.
The room is painted and looks pretty darn good. It’s so bright and cheery and exactly what I wanted. But my favorite thing so far? The quilt! I finished it and I’m head over heals in love.
I used Cotton Way’s Abundantly Blessed table topper pattern, increasing in length and width. I highly recommend this pattern. I don’t quilt, and this came together easily and quickly, and, well, looks awesome.
I’ve also finished the bumper pads using Simplicity pattern 3795.
And here is my three-year-old showing one off. He was a bit jealous that his big brother got to hold the quilt in the above pictures. Excuse the bedhead and dire need of haircut. I swear sometimes I actually make them look presentable, but sewing and gestating has taken top priority over the general aesthetic upkeep and care of my non-embryonic children. But cute bumper, right?!
I started out quilting/appliqueing the quilt on my regular machine, a Viking Lily 550. It’s supposed to be great for quilting, but I was less than impressed with the stitches it was spitting out. Granted, I don’t really know what I’m doing and rely a bit heavily on default settings, but still. Not pretty.
So I switched over to Grandma’s ‘38 Singer and man! Why don’t I use this thing more often? Oh, yeah, because I only have three bobbins for it and weighs more than any of my children. But check out those uniform stitches!
As I was working on the Singer, I thought how much more special this quilt will be for my daughter, having been made on her great-grandmother’s machine. Like a multi-generational link in fabric and thread.
Plus, it just looks so right to have a quilt under the needle of the Singer. Maybe I’ll have to try another sometime. But first, back to my Baby To-Do list!
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12 comments:
I love this times a million.
It is my most favorite thing you've ever made. SOOOOO amazing! The bumpers turned out awesome, too.
That quilt is AMAZING! I love the backing too!
Love the quilt and the bumper! That's really neat that you have and use your grandma's machine. Do you ever free-motion quilt with the machine? I am getting my grandma's old machine (not a singer, but old and built into a table as well), and wanted to try FMQ with it since it has the large table attached. Do you have any advice?
It looks fab, and glad you had a machine to leap into the breach on the quilting :o)
So darling! You've got one lucky little girl.
Such a darling quilt! Where did you get the pattern? I love it!
I love the quilt- and the idea that it was stitched on her Great-Grandma's machine makes it even better.
no way. amazing!
That quilt is beautiful! I would love one of those on my bed. And, very right, that machine looks happy with a quilt underneath it.
Love this quilt! What are the fabrics?
One more comment... How have I never seen that pattern? That is so cute, and really is so special sewn on your grandma's machine. I want to make that quilt right now, it could sure help out to decrease the scrap bin :). I think that may be one of my favorite quilts I've ever seen...
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