Nature Baby {a finished quilt}

This baby quilt has it all--

bunnies, birds, and bees, and a fair amount of polka dots

constellations and clouds & birds

adorable singing owls

pinecones, flowers, chicks & eggs, and some green woodgrain

a lone butterfly and some dandelion fluff

undercover birds cleverly disguised as medallions

The backing has even more birds!  This organic Cloud 9 fabric is available at Joann’s.

The radiating circles are hypnotic from the back.

The binding is an Ansonia print by Denyse Schmidt.  I was hoping to use polka dots for the binding, but after auditioning several fabrics I kept coming back to this plaid.  How does Denyse do it?  Every fabric line she designs seems to have a plaid print, and it is always fresh and unique.  She is a fabric designing genius!

So, I come back to my question from an earlier post, “Can I make a modern quilt?”  I spent a lot of time designing this quilt, from the colors, the asymmetrical negative space, to the dense circular quilting.  And I can confidently answer, yes I can!  Yay!  Now I can go back to making modern traditional quilts.

The final quilt measures 39” x 39” and is quilted with two layers of batting for extra coziness.

Have a wonderful weekend!  I’ll be linking this up to Crazy Mom Quilts and Fort Worth Fabric Studio on Friday.