I still had some left over HSTs from the wedding quilt a while ago. I used some in a different baby blanket, and finished them up here. Since this one is for a girl, I did add in some pink. Just a touch. I also offset the HST rows by half a block. I'm not sure that I've seen anyone do this before, although I'm sure someone has, and I was curious as to how the final outcome would look. I didn't want to try and make a specific design because I wasn't actually making the HSTs.
I also added some borders because it felt a bit too small otherwise.
The quilting is Swirly Whirly from 180 Doodle Quilting Designs. I used the triangle and strip options, which is one of the first times I've used this nice feature in the book. I think the quilting came out ok, but I probably could have used some more practice with it.
It's backed with Minky and bound in sateen. This time I just used a sateen ribbon instead of the special stuff by the quilting aisle. I thought it worked very well. (Although I'll admit, I did it on accident. I was ordering it on Amazon instead of going in person to pick it up and didn't realize that it was normal ribbon. It explains the huge price difference though.)
Linking up with Q4 Finish-A-Long (#2)
It looks great! I like all the little details. Giving blocks a half-drop one row to the next is a great way to mix things up. The touches of pink and the bits and ends give it a really nice scrappy random look! cheers!
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