Snowballs – just in time for the end of winter

My eldest son and his partner are having their first baby in November and I will be a first time grandma! I am so excited.  I had been knitting and sewing for weeks before the announcement and I will save those efforts for another blog.  Part of the anticipation sewing included the cot quilt.


 

Just before the bushfires I wrote about a cot quilt that I was inspired to make after seeing the Snoopy quilt by Allison at New Every Morning Patchwork and Quilting.  After the bushfires (in January) it took me a while to put the sewing room back together as much of it was all packed up and ready to go at a moment's notice, and interest had waned.

But once everything was almost set to rights I was keen to finish the baby quilt. Of course, once I started to sew the snowball blocks together I quickly ran out of the two background fabrics that I was using.  I also couldn’t find a Snoopy panel, or indeed any panel that I liked, to include in the centre. 

So, my quilt is radically different to one that first inspired me.

Now that I have finished it, I wish I had spent a bit more time placing the snowball blocks.  However, because I had to use two different background fabrics I concentrated on alternating each block based on the background.  I think that might have been a mistake.  I’m glad I didn’t use sashing – because I ran out of fabric – as I like the mosaic effect of the blocks butted up to each other.

All fabrics are from my stash.  I bought the border fabric and backing fabric at JoAnnes during my trip to the USA last year.  The orange border is a left over from another quilt.  It is hand dyed and purchased at the Melbourne Quilt Show many years ago. It is a perfect fit with the orange in the border fabric.

I quilted in the ditch around each block and echo quilted around the squares in the centre of each snowball.  I did a simple cross-hatch in the border.

The quilt is lovely and soft and snuggly.

I have thought about adding more quilting. But I love the snuggly feel of it too much to do any more quilting. 
 
Hubblebird
 
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Comments

  1. Jenny22 August 2020 at 13:41

    Congratulations on becoming a Granny, so exciting for your family! Love your little cot quilt, and the backing is perfect. Is that pattern you used called Snowball Flowers, perhaps?

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  2. Hubblebird24 August 2020 at 01:42

    Thank you Jenny. Yes, this is the snowball flower block that Allison provides a tutorial for on her website above. An easy block to make. I had fun with it.

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  3. Hubblebird24 August 2020 at 01:42

    Thank you Jenny. Yes, this is the snowball flower block that Allison provides a tutorial for on her website above. An easy block to make. I had fun with it.

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