Olyvia's Quilt
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The baby shower was yesterday, so it's time for the big blog-reveal!
My latest quilt is for a baby girl due in January (her momma is doing a good job of hiding her adorable basketball-belly in this pic). The parents-to-be love horses, so I decided to go with a cowgirl theme.
The two primary cowgirl fabrics are a pink Tumbleweed Tots print from Alexander Henry and I believe the white print is from Robert Kaufmann. To accent the cowgirl fabrics, I used red, blue, and pink fabric that looks like bandannas. All the fabrics except the pink Tumbleweed Tots were purchased at Hobby Lobby (which has a surprisingly good selection of designer fabrics, which are often on sale).
I'm still not 100% satisfied with my quilting skills, and I'd really love to learn to do free-motion quilting, but I love making these keepsakes for my friends and their kids. It's so great to go over to visit and see my quilts in action - apparently they make excellent tummy-time mats/spit catchers.
Next up (we're have a bit of a baby epidemic around here) is a paper doll-themed quilt. Will I be able to finish it before my belly gets too big to fit in front of the sewing machine? It's a race against time...!
Testing, testing, 1-2-3
Great job, ZARAH! Interesting spelling of the name :-)
oh, you can sew with a humongo belly, i promise.
The quilt is super cute!
super cute! Totally love the fabrics, the work wonderfully with the bandanna prints. Don't worry, you'll still be able to sit in front of your sewing machine with a big belly. You might be leaning a little bit more forward to see, but you'll fit!
Gorgeous work Sarah! You must be so happy to have had it done and so well received. That is great.
Adorable quilt. The quilt store here has some of those fabrics, but I haven't seen the pink bandanaa! I love making quilts for baby gifts - in fact I'm going to do a flannel one for the next baby in line.