Baby quilts are so much fun to make! This simple pinwheel design from designer Cathey Marie Laird uses two tonal prints by Amanda Murphy in a popular teal and green color combination. You can find the pattern for this "Pinwheel Play" quilt in the summer issue of Quilter's World magazine; keep reading to learn more about Cathey's quilt.
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| "Pinwheel Play" by Cathey Marie Laird; featured in Quilter's World Summer 2017 |
How
did you choose your color palette?
Green and turquoise
are popular nursery colors and are used for both boys and girls these days.
What
attracted you to the fabrics you chose?
I am always
attracted to Benartex fabrics. They have great designers and beautiful, quality
fabrics! I chose these fabrics because they have subtle prints and soft colors.
What’s
the trick for choosing tonal prints that work well together?
When picking fabric
designs that work well together without having a focal fabric, I try to choose
fabrics with smaller prints and add in a blender or solid where it's needed.
This quilt has 3 fabrics; 2 prints and 1 blender for the background.
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| Sparkle Vines Lime from Amanda Murphy's Sparkle collection |
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| Diamonds Teal from Amanda Murphy's Carina collection |
Tell
us about your design.
Pinwheels are always
in style. They're fun to make and go together quickly. This design can be made
quickly and with the busy schedules we all have, sometimes quick projects are
just what we're looking for!
What
do you like best about this quilt?
I love the soft
colors of the fabrics and the size is perfect for a crib or just snuggling a
baby.
What
can you tell us about the quilting?
I had a chance to
use a Janome Artistic SD16 sit-down quilter, so I decided to quilt it myself
with a large stipple. Love that machine!
What
do you envision this quilt being used for?
My hope is that every
quilt made from this pattern is used to love and comfort a sweet little baby.
Click here to learn more about designer Cathey Marie Laird
Click here to find Quilter's World magazine.
It's a beautiful baby quilt... I love those colours and prints😍
ReplyDeleteI'm sure lots of baby's will be comforted by this pattern! Very very pretty. Nice colors. Benartex fabrics are great. I had an opportunity to buy a pk of Benartex 5 inch squares the other day, so I did. Very nice fabric!!
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting pattern and I love the fabrics. Definitely work for baby quilts or lap quilts.
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