It's Friday!!! Let's everyone shake our tail feathers for this little finish! Towards the end of May, Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts posted the release of her then latest pattern Ducks In A Row. Oh. My. Goodness. Those ducks! I was in love. How adorable are they?? Are you with me? I wanted to make it, but I really didn't need a baby quilt. Then like a day later, I found out two of my co-workers are expecting little girls (so I still have a second one to make, but I have time). YES!!!!
I didn't even hesitate. Literally that evening I purchased the pattern. That weekend, I was headed to Country Roads Quilt Shop and decided to commit to fabric. Bright pink grunge and a super cute heart white on white fabric.
Since there were only four small blocks and one larger one and lots of negative space, this top pieced together super quickly.
And the quilting was even quicker. If it's not broke, don't fix it...I love Lorna's organic wavy lines, so I decided to out line momma duck and her babies and do the wavy lines in the background. Aurifil #1100 Red Plumb melted perfectly into the background.
If you look closely in this picture you may notice a few blue dots. One at momma ducks forehead (do ducks have foreheads?), one at the tip of her beak, and a small one at her neck. I wanted the waves to look like they naturally flowed behind the ducks and those small dots allowed me to have targets to aim for so that I didn't have to break thread. I could stich all the lines to the front of momma, travel around her bottom to the other side, then aim for my dots between her and the next duck. Then simply travel around the top of the baby's head and continue that way between ducks. (I hope that made since)
I had to finish off this very pink quilt with a nice little flange binding. I even found a new use for my extension table leg.
Momma and her babies are ready for a quick wash this weekend in the machine and will be delivered to my co-worker, so he can enjoy it with is precious little bundle of joy.
I had hoped to grab some more pictures with the quilt, but the weather has totally been a pill this week. I was afraid it would swim away if I tried. So here are a few more pictures from my one little photo shoot.
So that's my little finish for this Friday. Time to prepare for the weekend and see what next week brings. I'm hoping to have a date with a fellow blogger this weekend and it isn't Dave. What? Ok, he will probably be there too. Hope everyone has a wonderful quilty weekend. Stitch/quilt something even if it's only for 10 minutes. Those small little bits do add up.
Today I'm linking up with Finished or Not Friday, TGIFF, and Can I Get a Whoop! Whoop!