Welcome To TGIFF for this week. Please share your finishes here, and once you’ve shared, click on the links posted below to see what everyone else has finished this week!
For my finish I am sharing Baby Quilt #5 of 7 for the year! And I had so much fun designing this one.
This baby quilt was made for the lady who runs the music activity Squish and I have attended for the last 2 years. It has been a fun activity for us to do when she spends the night and has introduced Squish to music and movement. She has come a long way in learning how to follow instruction and interact with her class mates.
We found out her teacher was expecting this June, so of course I wanted to make a quilt for the baby. She had no color scheme or theme for the baby’s room, so I took that to mean I had full control of design and color. It was only natural that I turn to the Pentatonic Scale and the colors of the bells she uses in class.
I built the panels by descending color to represent C, D, E, G and A on the Pentatonic Scale. In hindsight I should have placed the colors ascending since C starts lower on the scale. Oh well, it’s done and dusted, so it’s not changing.
On the left side of the letter note panel I quilted the note 3 times across the staff. Then to the right I place all 5 notes of the Pentatonic Scale across the staff. Behind the letters I did a grid, the “piano keys”, aka B/W striped fabric, just got “piano key” quilting, and each letter was outlined.
Because I had a white back and was using matching colors to quilt in each color I had a ton of threads to bury!! Never again, from now on I will use a blending back when changing thread colors.
We were able to present to the teacher on the last day Squish could attend before summer break. They have 1 more session but Squish and her family are headed to Florida to visit my Mom and Sister. Miss O was so happy with the finished quilt.
Now it’s your turn to share.
chrisknitssews 
The striped fabric adds a lot of zip to an already adorable baby quilt!!!
Thank you Nancy! It was a fun project to design and pull fabric together for.
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That’s a wonderful baby quilt. And stitching the notes into those colored panels is really clever.
Thanks Sara! It was an ongoing design process.
Keeping you in Stitches! Chris
Your design is very clever, and expertly crafted.
Thank you! I am glad my brain brought it all together.
Keeping you in Stitches! Chris
How creative. 🙂 I could not figure out what you were trying to spell, but it all makes sense now! Thanks for the chance to share in TGIFF. Blessings!
LOL! It probably was a bit confusing! Thanks Melva.
Keeping you in Stitches! Chris
What a thoughtful and warmly personal gift baby quilt!
Thank you, she loved it and even shared a photo on her music FB page. It’s great when your handmade items are appreciated!
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It was such a thoughtful gift!
This is a great design and sure to be cherished!
Thank you Pat, I do hope it’s used and loved.
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That is such a pretty and thoughtful quilt, Chris! I bet Squish’s teacher really loves it.
She does. She just kept looking at it and understanding the significance of the details as she realized what they were. Thanks
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You did it!!!! A great finish!
Thanks! I am just glad it turned out well.
Keeping you in Stitches! Chris
Super sweet baby quilt, Chris! Such a thoughtful gift from you and Squish.
Thank you! It was such fun to make.
Keeping you in Stitches! Chris
What a great quilt for a teacher! Love the quilted notes and the Pentatonic scale/colors you used. A great quilt with so much meaning to welcome the new wee one.
Thanks Kathleen. It was a joy to create!
Keeping you in Stitches! Chris
First – I didn’t have my reading glasses on and I thought it said this was 75 of 77 baby quilts you had made this year… whoa! that’s a population explosion haha!!!
This is a great quilt! and how fun to make it so special to both of you!!!
I’m not that proficient!! 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks, it was a fun quilt to make! Keeping you in Stitches! Chris