Guess who has a brand new, cute baby niece this week?
Every cute new baby deserves a cute new quilt, so… I made one. Shocker, right? I let my sister go through my stash and pick out favorite fabrics and colors, because I’m a super nice sister that way. She is much more artistic than me and has a great flair for color and style, so it was fun to let her do her thing and see what she came up with. You can see what I mean – this is what she picked for her first baby.
She choose lots of Sarah Jane prints and colors. (Those narwhals get me every time.) My sisters and I have been Sarah Jane groupies for a long time. It’s so fun now that we can play with her art via fabric as well. I threw in a few more prints in the colors she chose and I love the way it’s turned out.
For the back we used Sarah Jane’s pinwheels and for the binding the orange polka dot from Children at Play.
I love the balloons print too. This new little gal has an older brother that LUVS balloons. So this print is in there for him. Maybe he can play I-spy with some of the other pictures in the quilt too. I’ve found that big brothers are often in need of good forms of distraction when new babies show up.
When I asked her what design she wanted, my sister was drawn to hexagon quilts. Which kind of freaked me out a little. I love hand-sewing hexagons together english-paper-pieceing style but had only ever completed small projects. The thought of a bigger quilt felt daunting to me.
Until I took a class from Kati about machine pieceing hexagons. So awesome! She has great tutorials here and here showing how she does it. Takes some patience, but so much faster than hand sewing. I also found an awesome 9″ Hexagon die from AccuQuilt for my GO cutter and got it for myself for Christmas. Made the cutting SO slick. I think it’s my new favorite die. I plan to put it to good use.
The custom quilting on this quilt was done by Emily of Emerson Quilting. I love how she custom quilted each hexagon. All of Emily’s work is done free hand. Check out her website to see some of her amazing samples and great pricing. If you’re looking for Sarah Jane fabrics they are still available at Fat Quarter Shop and Poppy Seed Fabrics.
38 Comments
Melissa Corry
February 4, 2013 at 7:54 amSimply Adorable!! Love it!! I have been meaning to try out that tutorial of Kati's, maybe sometime this year 🙂
sophie
February 4, 2013 at 8:08 amHI Amy! love those hexagones!<br />and funny: the backing fabric is on my desk right now! love those pinwheels too!
Sandra Krah
February 4, 2013 at 8:20 amHi Amy. I´m crazy about your job! amazing!
Sherry Of B.S. Crafts
February 4, 2013 at 8:53 amIts adorable! I'm sure baby is going to love it! I love the whale pulling the mermaid hexie!
Missy Shay
February 4, 2013 at 9:34 amIt turned out great! Good job!
LynCC
February 4, 2013 at 10:05 amThis is so cute! I just love the fussy-cut fabrics. Those spirals for the quilting are perfect, too. 🙂
Candice @ Made With Love
February 4, 2013 at 10:07 amSo adorable!!! Now I want to run out and by the hexagon die, to make one of my own! 🙂
doodlebugmom
February 4, 2013 at 10:13 amgorgeous quilt, what a lucky baby!
diane
February 4, 2013 at 10:21 amso cute and perfect for a baby girl.I'm itching to try machine piecing a hexagon quilt. That 9" die sounds like something I might have to get.
Meredith
February 4, 2013 at 11:18 amLove it! The fabrics are beautiful and I love the design too. I am taking a machine piecing hexagon quilt class at quiltcon and am now even more excited!
homeamazing.net
February 4, 2013 at 12:01 pmLove the quilt… the fabrics are so pretty! My sister is the same exact way… so much more artistic than me yet I'm the one who does all the actual crafting. Funny how that works out!<br />-Sam
Thimbleanna
February 4, 2013 at 12:23 pmOh So Cute!!! You're a wonderful Auntie!!!
Kati
February 4, 2013 at 12:25 pmSo cute and sweet! It makes me want to sew another hexagon quilt. Now I'm wishing I had that large die!
Mev_Lohman
February 4, 2013 at 12:43 pmI'm currently working on a quilt using the "Children At Play" for one of my boys and have a hexagons all cut out for a different project. I couldn't figure out the tutorial I'd been trying to follow for the machine pieced hexagons though, so this post could not have come at a better time! I love the quilt you made for your niece.
Fran
February 4, 2013 at 2:11 pmIt's absolutely lovely!
Katy Cameron
February 4, 2013 at 2:14 pmLove the combination of fabrics here, and they look great as hexies :o)
Becky
February 4, 2013 at 2:16 pmSuper cute baby quilt and really loving the hexi's!
Nanette Merrill
February 4, 2013 at 2:21 pmIt is really cute. I'd love to make one of these (someday) thanks for the links to the tutorial.
lisagillies
February 4, 2013 at 3:11 pmA really lovely quilt, well done, the fabric choice is perfect.
Charlotte E
February 4, 2013 at 5:06 pmWhat a lucky little girl! The fabric selection is spot on (I am another big fan of Sarah Jane's fabrics). I'm especially loving the pinks and oranges together.
randi--i have to say
February 4, 2013 at 5:35 pmSo cute! Sarah's fabrics are just so cute. You really used them well here in this adorable quilt!
Maureen Cracknell Handmade
February 4, 2013 at 6:26 pmThis is super cute and I love your swirly quilting!!
grannymaudsgirl
February 4, 2013 at 7:22 pmHow cute is that! Great fabric choices.<br />Hmmm. I have a large hexagon template …
Michelle
February 4, 2013 at 7:33 pmI love the narwhales *and* the paper airplanes!
emily and logan
February 4, 2013 at 7:36 pmThanks so much for the post, Amy! I love the pics!!!
Lori Kae
February 4, 2013 at 9:50 pmBeautiful work Amy! I love the swirls and the hexagons are balanced so well. You did a fabulous job and the little girl is blessed to have this gift. 🙂
L E Antwis
February 5, 2013 at 1:48 amSo sweet !! Just love the fabrics too!<br />Linda NZ<br />Kokaquilts@gmail.com<br />
Cynthia
February 5, 2013 at 2:53 amWhat a beautiful quilt!!! I'm a Sarah Jane groupie also 🙂
mindingmomma
February 5, 2013 at 12:50 pmvery cute quilt
Gina
February 6, 2013 at 2:38 ami have been a Sarah Jane groupie since before she had fabric lines and am so glad we now have her illustrations to turn into clothes, quilts, etc. Even though her two lines are so different i have had a little fun combining them too! the quilt is darling and i love the hexagons!!
Kirsty
February 6, 2013 at 3:04 amI really love Sarah Jane fabric and I think you've done a fantastic job with them. The hexagons are great!
Sew Create It - Jane
February 6, 2013 at 4:47 pmWhat a fresh looking quilt! Love it!!
Carla
February 7, 2013 at 9:00 amThis is darling! I love me some hexies ; )
Polly @ Helping Little Hands
February 7, 2013 at 4:59 pmLove this! I'm actually in the middle of making a hexagon quilt with the rocket boys fabrics from Sarah Jane's children at play line.
Kristin
February 8, 2013 at 5:23 pmGorgeous baby girls quilt, love it!
Sherri
February 10, 2013 at 8:40 pmSuch a beautiful quilt! I didn't realize there was a jumbo hexagon for the Go cutter, too…so thanks for that info!<br /><br />PS I received the fabric…will get going!<br />Thanks!
Erin Jones
February 17, 2014 at 9:46 amHi Amy, thanks for the blog – I love this quilt and will be making two for a set of twins! Can you tell me how much fabric you ended up using for the hexagons?
Jessica
July 30, 2014 at 4:42 pmBeautiful quilt! I love the idea! What were the dimensions of your finished product? I am in the process of making a similar quilt. I love your fabric choices.