April 14, 2022

TGIFF - Formal Garden Baby Quilt

It's time for Thank Goodness It's Finally Finished (TGIFF), a linky party to celebrate those projects that have moved out of the WIP pile and into the finished pile. Today I'm sharing a fun Formal Garden baby quilt made using Sunshine and Dewdrops fabrics, by Sandy Gervais for Riley Blake. The Formal Garden pattern is available in my shop as a PDF or a printed pattern (with free shipping).
Formal Garden baby quilt | DevotedQuilter.com
I was so excited when this shed at the town marina caught my eye a few days before I finished this quilt. I just knew that brilliant yellow would set off the yellows and blues perfectly! The quilt really didn't want to stay stuck to the rough boards, though, so I didn't take as many pictures as I would have if it had cooperated better. 

I love this print that reminds me of knitted stitches. I would love to take up knitting, but I keep reminding myself that I already don't have time to make all the things I want to make, so I don't need to add a whole new hobby!
Formal Garden baby quilt | DevotedQuilter.com
The Formal Garden pattern includes notes to help you keep directional fabrics properly aligned, which would have been really helpful had I slowed down enough to even notice that this print was directional before I cut it. It wasn't until I was putting the blocks together that I noticed what I had done. The funniest part is that, when the fabrics first arrived, I did check the print at the left in that picture to be sure it wasn't directional before I cut it (it's not, for the record), I just didn't look closely enough at the one that actually is directional. It definitely wasn't my brightest quilting moment, but I'm hoping that whatever child eventually owns this quilt won't mind too much.

The hand-drawn look of the scattered flowers on some of the prints made it easy to choose a quilting design. This loopy flower meander is one of my favourites to stitch and my flowers usually have 5 or 6 petals. I find I like the look of the flowers with 5 petals more, but the 6 petal ones were easier to stitch so there are a lot more of them. I chose the yellow Aurifil (1135) after debating between that and a couple of blues and greys. I really like the contrast of the yellow on the grey sashing.
Formal Garden baby quilt | DevotedQuilter.com
I have quite a collection of baby quilts these days. For a while I thought maybe I'd list them in my Etsy shop, but I finally admitted to myself that I really have no interest in doing that, so I asked in a Newfoundland quilters FB group where people donate baby quilts in the province. I got a couple of great suggestions and they're both in the city where Aiden is going to school, so I'll take the quilts with me when we go to bring all of his stuff home in July. Unfortunately for us, we won't be bringing him home then as he will be heading out to sea for the start of a 14 month work term. Exciting for him...a little nervous-making for us, but such is parenting.
Formal Garden baby quilt | DevotedQuilter.com
I used Riley Blake's Confetti Cotton solid in Iron for the sashing, binding and backing of this one. I love the drama a dark background adds.
Formal Garden baby quilt | DevotedQuilter.com
Head to my pattern shop to get your Formal Garden pattern to make your own baby, throw or queen size quilt.
Formal Garden baby quilt | DevotedQuilter.com
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4 comments:

  1. Beautiful quilt that reminds me of the stepping stones in a garden. <3

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  2. The quilt looks wonderful against the bright yellow backdrop; some surfaces are trickier to work with than others so I'm glad you were able to get a picture of it there at all! And oh my goodness, a 14 month work term? I am so fascinated to hear more. Beautiful pattern to show off the Sunshine and Dewdrops fabric and thank you for hosting TGIFF!

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  3. That is a gorgeous quilt! So fun that you found the perfect backdrop for it.

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  4. Great quilt design for featuring fun prints!!! And that wall--wow!!! So good!!!

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