Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Once again

I have been absent from the blog, but for a very good reason. Once again, I have been in Kent, England visiting my daughter and her family.


My daughter Ayla and her son, Atticus. 

I was visiting to celebrate little Atticus' first birthday. I was there when he was born 11 weeks prematurely. It was a very scary time but he's doing very well now.

Just before I left, I was busy working on this little quilt.

Ayla has an English Springer Spaniel and wanted a small quilt for Atticus to use as a blankie. She saw the Spaniel as part of a bigger quilt by Karen Brow at Java House Quilts.

Once I enlarged the little dog, I auditioned borders and for some reason, everything came together quickly.

I stretched it on my smaller boards and started quilting it.

I kept the quilting simple. There are circles and half circles in the outer border.

The background was just quilted in the ditch.

I knew I had a template or stencil for animal paws and a dog bone. It was in my sewing room and when I went to look for it, it almost jumped off the shelf and into my hands.

This is the backing fabric I bought specifically for this quilt. It was purchased several months before I knew exactly what the front of the quilt was going to look like.

The quilt label - embroidered on Aida cloth. You can see the circle quilting I did for the outer border.

My daughter was totally surprised. She had no idea I was busy working on this quilt just before leaving.

Here's their English Springer Spaniel, Vixen. She's so good and patient with Atticus.



I still have more quilt show photos so I shall post them in the next day or two.

6 comments:

  1. A totally charming quilt and a totally sweet little boy too! The first year is so full of changes and learning.

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  2. Sweet little boy and a marvelous quilt :)

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  3. What a beautiful quilt! I hope you enjoyed your trip over here... so much changes in a year!

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  4. Adorable baby and a very adorable snoozing puppy on that quilt. I'm sure it will be well loved.

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  5. How wonderful to be over there, and seeing these photos, Atticus is delightful, and his Mum really happy with his quilt. Super design, and a label specially made. Enjoy all the days together

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  6. Isn't he too adorable for words!!! Happy birthday little Atticus!!! That quilt is darling, so perfect for him. Well done!

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