Felicity's Quilt

So first of all, our daughter's name is Felicity. Yes, it was inspired by my favorite TV show. It's not my fault it's the most beautiful name and right now not that many people have it. It means "happiness", "joy", "bliss", etc. Her middle name will be Sarai, which means "my princess". So she will be our princess of happiness.

Now that that is out of the way, her quilt is finished. I sewed the quilt top together myself and was pretty happy with how it turned out. This time instead of finishing the quilt myself, I paid somebody to do it. Liam's quilt was just too much work for the little machine I had and honestly, I didn't have the energy to finish it. So the people I used provided the batting,backing fabric and thread, quilted it all together with a pattern, and even did the binding. So what probably took me a month to do with Liam's quilt, was done in one week. I am really happy with how it all turned out. The quilt pattern I chose looks great and doesn't take away from the beautifulness of the fabric. Now I just need a little girl to put on top of it.

(All the pictures are taken with my iphone so they aren't that great, but maybe later we will do a real photo shoot)

The full quilt. I used about 12 different Echino fabrics in the colors green, teal, purple, and pink. I was trying to make it babyish and girly, but I couldn't stay away from all that color.


A close up of some of the fabrics. The thread color we chose was like this purple/wine color. It did a great job of blending in with the patterns on the front.


For the back I chose lavender. The thread really stands out and you can see the pattern of flowers and vines.


How the front and back look together.

They did the binding using a machine and put this little pattern on it. I think it's a nice little touch.

Another quilt down. The professional look of this one makes me want to redo Liam's but that seems a bit crazy. I guess the homemade look is cool too.