Scrub top Irish Chain baby quilt
The latest baby quilt for my new great-niece: an Irish Chain made completely from fabric from Mom's old scrub tops. I used to make her shirts/scrub tops that she wore the years she worked. She was an RT (radiology technologist or x-ray technician). My niece, who just had her 3rd baby girl, is also an RT. This new little baby shares a middle name with mom (the great-grandma). Mom was delighted - with the name and the quilt.
The baby's first name has celtic/gaelic origins, so this quilt is an Irish Chain. I used a flanged binding for this one, which was a first for me. I don't know if you can see from the picture, but there is a tiny bit of yellow along the edge of the pink binding. This one finished 38 x 50". Hobb's Heirloom Natural cotton batt.
The scrappy back.
Shamrocks in the alternating blocks. I printed out a pattern and stitched through the paper, following the lines - or attempting to. :) Another first for me. It is a little "wobbly," but my free-motion quilting skills leave much to be desired. Something must be improving, because I didn't have issues with constant thread-breaking this time. My stitches are not consistent, and most are too small/close together. Too much foot pedal speed and moving too slowly around the pattern, but one thing about it, the paper was well perforated by the time I was done! I will probably use this technique again. It helped me out quite a bit.
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Comment by Irene Gallway on September 7, 2018 at 12:47pm
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Your quilt is beautiful. I am working on an Irish chain baby quilt. I'm using flannel. I don't think I will quilt it myself. I took a free motion class a few months ago but need a lot more practice.
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Comment by Cat Lady--MO on September 7, 2018 at 8:54am
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What a wonderful quilt with a lot of special meaning. Your quilting looks great, so don't be so hard on yourself. Do you remember how your first hand-quilted stitches looked?
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Comment by Sharon Reeves on September 7, 2018 at 8:34am
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The quilt is really fantastic, will be well loved and will definitely be a favorite as she grows. Your free motion quilting is really good. We are our worst critics, but others don't see what you see. When I use some cotton thread, it seems to break often. So, I have been using polyester thread and it doesn't break like the cotton. Now the next wonderful quilt for the great grand niece.
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Comment by Prairie Quilter Jan/NE on September 7, 2018 at 7:39am
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Thanks, Pam. Can you tell from my "smudged" pictures that my grandsons have been playing with the camera? I apparently need to clean the fingerprints off the lens. :)
I'll ask her about the papers.
Working on the next baby quilt now. That little great-niece is due Monday...
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Comment by Pam/NY on September 7, 2018 at 5:13am
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I LOVE IT!!!!! That is adorable. It will be her favorite for sure. You did great with the shamrocks! What a great memory for mom and now baby! Ask your niece, if she has ever read any of Gary Nieman's papers on ventilating patients with the APRV method or T-CAP....
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