Monday, July 29

Orange Peel quilt

A friend of mine was having a baby this summer.
They did not want to know the gender of the baby, so they had picked out a couple of names for 
either a boy or girl.
As we were talking about babies and such, I was hand appliqueing some orange, orange peels blocks together for a quilt of mine.  
She fell in love with the blocks and said, "If we have a little girl we're naming her Clementine."  
I thought the orange peel blocks would be perfect for a little girl named Clementine!
Well, sure enough, they had little Miss Clementine.  
I put together a few orange peel blocks for her baby quilt and this is the result...



I quilted a double bubble design and used a sweet flannel backing.





Welcome the this crazy wonderful world, Miss Clementine.
  


I used this template from Missouri Star Quilt Company for the orange peel shapes.
My background low volume squares are 
cut 6" - finishing at 5 1/2".  
I set the blocks 6 x 6 with the quilt finishing at 33" x 33".


9 comments:

  1. I love the quilt and the baby's name. What a beautiful gift!

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    1. I thought the name fit the orange peels perfectly - thank you.....

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  2. What a wonderful gift and I love those oranges. I can't believe I just said that, oranges and yellows have grown on me so much! What a fun name!

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    1. Orange seems to be my "go-to" color lately, too.

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  3. This is a really fun post! Cute story and I bet that Clementine is a doll, too!

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    1. I saw little Clementine the other day - she is a doll! Fits her name perfectly. I wish I had a photo of her....

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  4. How sweet! The quilt is awesome and it's so nice to know the quilt is loved and appreciated. And what a fun name for a girl - I like it!

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  5. I love this quilt! I was wondering about the binding. I noticed it is machine stitched. I've never had luck getting those to work out right. Do you have any pointers you could share?

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    1. It's all about the needle position on your sewing machine. I sew a 1/4" seam allowance the first time around - sewing the binding on the back first - then flip it to the front and sew it down. It's a little hit & miss as far as the stitching landing in the back seam, but just take it slow. I sew my machine at 5 needle position and 2.7 stitch length. Every machine is different. I have a Janome.

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