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Aaron
and Rebecca's Wedding Gift
Boom!
A lap quilt. 56" x 70" All cotton top, backed with
red fleece like the baby
quilt I made for Max.
Considering
that my sis's wedding quilt ain't done yet, I hestitated over
whether to make Aaron
and Rebecca a quilt or not. But I kept coming back to it and
to Alexander Henry's Mocca big, bold floral fabric. If I was
going to make them a quilt, I was going to keep it bold and
simple. This one is just two alternating blocks - churn dash
and snowball - but they combine nicely. The blocks are just
about 8" square, so I needed 18 snowballs and 17 churn
dashes. And the fleece backing is darn cozy and a great way
to finish a top without basting and batting and binding and
all that. Quilt purists may poo-poo the approach, but I think
it makes a darn soft and cozy quilt.
I hope
they like it.
A detail:
The fabrics:
- Big
floral is Mocca
from Alexander Henry (different colorway, looks like mine
is out of stock)
- Dots
(I
think of them as seeds compared to the flowers) are also
Alexander Henry
- Butter
Yellow and Aqua stripes
- Corn
Yellow Kona Cotton
- Robin's
Egg Kona Cotton
- Red
Kona Cotton
- Dark
Brown Kona Cotton
(By the
way, both companies linked to have fast, good service)
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