I made this quilt top in July of last year. I designed it as a baby quilt, but I liked the colors and the fabric combination SO much that I was afraid to finish it.
(A quilt this pretty might make a girl want to have a second baby before she's ready!)
So, I left it as a lonely little quilt top for a l-o-n-g time. Then in February, I
practiced using a long arm quilting machine. (By the way, I
do not recommend a long arm machine for doing straight line quilting. The axis locks do not coincide as closely as you want them to. Trust me.
I should have asked for advice before attempting.)
Anyway, I chose to quilt lines on either side of the horizontal seams
and then diagonal quilt lines on every other row.
I pieced my binding from leftovers of the blues and aqua and turquoise.
This quilt gets its name from the mix of fabrics used. I adore the vintage sheets featured in this quilt. I collected some of them for
this picnic blanket, then I received one through
the Vintage Swap (that print on the back) and lastly, I added some scraps given by a friend.
The modern fabrics I chose are also some of my very favorites--solids, shot cotton, polka dots, stripes, a 30's reproduction and one print from Wild Thyme.
Mixing the modern and the vintage blended the very best of both worlds to me.
Not long ago, Ben and I decided that our family was just the right size as it is. Almost immediately after that, I heard that a close friend was pregnant with her second. I've been so excited to pass this quilt on to their new addition. I didn't know if their baby would be a boy or a girl, but I knew that this quilt fit the personality of the baby's parents. They are a special couple that I admire especially for how they live with old fashioned intentions in a modern world.
So, Grace Eliza, welcome to the world. You are a lucky girl surrounded by much, much love.
