This past weekend was pretty hot here for upstate New York. We aren't used to weather above 100 degrees and frankly, I don't really care for it when it's too hot.
So I decided to stay home in the air conditioning and work on a baby boy quilt set. I had picked up some really cute fabric last year on my Shop Hop and took it out to make a baby quilt. One of my daughter's friends is having a baby boy in a couple of months and I thought it would be fun to work with this cute fabric.
I cut the fabric strips into different widths and sewed them together for the quilt front. Originally I had some orange strips in this, but didn't really like how it looked. So I took them out and replaced them with the dotted teal.
I like how the colors are more cohesive now. I layered it with some backing and batting and quilted straight lines in the rows. I really like how it turned out.
I was running out of fabric for the backing, so I sewed what was left of the brown fabric to the top and bottom of the quilt. It kind of frames it in and I like how it looks.
Then I worked on some matching bibs and put terry cloth on the back. I love this bib pattern and like how these can be used for a long time.
I then finished off the gift set with some matching washcloths. The more I worked with this cute fabric, the more I liked it. I hope the recipient likes her baby set. :)
