Friday, October 8, 2010

The embroidered heart baby quilt: quilted and bound: Finished!

The embroidered heart baby quilt is all quilted, the binding is sewn on and it is ready to be given to little Shirli. (Isn't it funny how names come and go-here Shirli (yes, that's Shirley) is a very popular name for babies right now.) The quilt was finished just in time-DD comes on Sunday for a visit and Shirli's Mom is DD's good friend since eighth grade so she'll deliver it.

Its machine quilted with curvey lines 1 1/2" apart plus a meander in and around the hearts and
a small free vine with leaves in the asymmetric border. I do like the look of the hand embroidery with the machine quilting. In this photo you can kind of see all the quilting designs...
but I think it shows up best on the back.
Here's the little vine.
I'm linking to Finished for Friday at Lit and Laundry and Sew and Tell at Amylouwho so be sure to stop over there and see all the wonderful finishes for this week (and remember at Lit and Laundry they're not all sewing projects!)

I have to apologize-I said I would put up the pattern for the Bonnet Girl quilt (done!) and a tutorial for outline embroidery (not done!) That was an Oops on my part-I didn't think ahead and realize I would need someone else to photograph the tutorial! Now that DD will be visiting, I will have her take the photos and the tutorial will be up very soon.

26 comments:

trish said...

Good Morning. :o)
Your quilt is just beautiful.
Your hand stitches add so much charm.
Have a nice weekend.
Sincerely ~ Trish

Haylee said...

It turned out great!

Rene' said...

Awesome!!!! Great stitching!

Lappedamen said...

The quilt is gorgeous. Beautiful stitching and quilting.

Leslie said...

my goodness there are so many small beautiful details in this. great finish

Dee said...

omgoodness graciousness this is just too darling! it's awesomely perfect! you are so sweet to have made this for such a blessed little girl!

Anonymous said...

The quilting on this is fabulous! It is so beautiful. Shirli is a very lucky baby.

Elaine/Muddling Through said...

Miri, that quilt is so pretty, and so perfect for a brand new baby girl! I love every element you've included. It is just gorgeous!

jednoiglec said...

This quilt must cost you lot of work, but it was worth it: it's beautiful!

ktquilts said...

Ahhh....It makes my heart mitter pat!!

Blessings,

KT

Lisa said...

This quilt is beautiful! It is amazing how beautiful even the back of it is! Your stitching is amazing!

Michelle said...

Miri, what a beautiful quilt. It is just so dainty with the embroidered hearts. Wonderful quilting too. Your DD's friend is going to be thrilled.

Kristen said...

Such a sweet quilt. I love the embroidery!

Lisa said...

This is ADORABLE!! Lucky mom and baby!

amylouwhosews said...

This turned out so beautiful! I love the quilting on it! And the little embroidered hearts are precious!

Threeundertwo said...

So pretty! I love embroidery in quilts too. You did a gorgeous quilting job. Thanks so much for linking up to Finished for Friday.

Anonymous said...

I love your quilt, I used to have a commercial embroidery business before my husband passed away. I stil have my machines, need to sell them. But I'm ready to set one of them up and get back to using them, I think this time it will be for hobby only. You did an awesome job on the quilt,Margaret

Micki said...

I love anything with hearts...this is just so pretty!
Micki

Carla said...

Now that's a lot of love you put into that quilt. It's darling!

Catherine said...

This quilt is just gorgeous and perfect for a little girl. Beautiful job!

Roslyn said...

I often like the back best LOL, but that makes them reversible, sweet quilt, Miri!

annemariesquilt said...

What a wonderful baby quilt Miri. Lots of wonderful work!!

GardenOfDaisies said...

So cute!! I love this heart quilt!

Rosalyn Manesse said...

What a lovely quilt! Baby will be so happy cuddled up in it.

Barbara Bamberger said...

Miri: Your quilt is so adorable! The embroidered hearts are so detailed and of course, you do such beautiful work. Something to aspire to.

Susan said...

Miri, I don't know how this post got past me in my reader but I'm here now and wow! the quilt is gorgeous. I love your quilting. Fantastic finish!