I gave three quilts this Christmas; the first was the Fractals quilt I finished a while ago, and the second was the Christmas tree quilt I finished last year. The third was this baby quilt:
which I finished just recently. It's based on the Fussy Gussy pattern and I used a fat quarter pack of unicorn fabrics I bought at Candy's Quilting, now closed, in Manhattan, along with white on whites from my stash. I opted for a scrappy back and used several fat quarters and a large piece of novelty fabric from my stash. Batting was some kind of cotton and I used long staple King Tut white 60wt for the quilting thread.
It's a cute quilt and the baby seemed to like it.
I've decided scrappy backs with novelty fabrics are a good thing; I love to buy novelty fat quarters because who doesn't, but when I'm making a quilt those are not usually the fabrics I reach for. Therefore I have accumulated a bit of a collection, shall we say. I used up several on this quilt and now the baby can have fun looking at them. And they are no longer sitting unused in my stash.
I prefer to use extra-wide backing in general but I didn't have anything on hand that worked and really didn't want to buy any additional fabric in the middle of Christmas stuff.
The baby's uncle received the Fractals and the tree went my inlaws. Happy Holidays.
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