My other goal for the summer - aside from clothes for myself - was to finish two more quilts for my youngest daughters. Building off the design and look of the quilts for daughters #1 and #2, I went with a stacked coin method again. The prints are all from my stash but I did purchase cotton on sale for the binding.
These two quilts are very similar to each other, which was a happy accident. The original two quilts I made in 2009 were on the narrow side so I set out to make these wider. Each color block measures 4.5 inches by 7 inches. In my over-zealous attempt I made too many vertical strips; so many that I only had to cut and sew one extra to get a second quilt. So while I set out to only make one for my 6yo I also finished up a second one for my 3yo. It is certainly too big for her toddler bed and has been tucked away in the linen closet for a year or so until she moves into a 'big girl' bed.
Something wonky happened towards the bottom of the first quilt (first photo) and I think it was because I pulled the backing fabric too tight when taping it to the floor to make the sandwich. I caught my mistake for the second one and didn't have any trouble. Luckily for the first one it seems confined to the second row only.
One back is all the same cloth (the waves on the far left in the photo below) and the other is as you see here - pieced with a few different pieces of fabric from the stash.
The binding strips worked out great this time - I think after working on bias for armholes I really have the hang of machine sewing binding and bias on. I hand stitched the backs, however, while catching up on episodes of "Suits".
My 6yo loves her quilt already and has been using it every night. I think they are a success - and it is nice to walk by various bedrooms upstairs and see the quilts splayed out (but very rarely on their beds, smile. They are kids after all.).
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