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Sunday Reveal: Baby has arrived!

Posted on by Laura Kate

Ten days ago, my sister texted me with wonderful news: My niece’s baby arrived, on her due date. The newest family member is a little girl, named Roseanna Joy. Within days I had assembled the Oregon Natives quilt blocks and added the border.

This quilt is made in strip-piece fashion and finished out at 48 x 58. I’m pretty happy with the result. Using fabrics (mostly from Connecting Threads) that match (or approximate) the color palette provided by the new mom, I organized the quilt around ten applique blocks with images of creatures and plants that live in the baby’s home state. My daughter assisted me in designing and sewing these feature blocks.

Color palette provided

For those readers who may be surprised by the hap-hazard way that individual strips meet each other, let me say this: It’s intentional. An ecologist would call this style “disordered uniformity.” At the detail level, things seem to be chaotic, but when looked at from a respectable distance, patterns emerge. It is the way of nature.

Here is a quick close-up of the mammals, birds, reptile, fish, insects, plant and fungus that will greet little Roseanna.

Painted Turtle
Bearberry
Coastal Cutthroat Trout
Rabbit
Rufous Hummingbird
Western Swallowtail Butterfly
Western Meadowlark
Dragonfly on Waterlily
Red Fox
Pine Spike Mushroom

Steps to completion still await me. I will need to make the label, assemble the quilt sandwich and do the quilting. That part is making me a little nervous, because I haven’t figure out what quilt pattern to use. Any advice from you experts out there will be appreciated.

Linking to Songbird Designs

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One of six children, I was raised by a busy mom, who instilled in me a love of fabric. Though I learned to sew and knit at a young age, it was the arrival of my first grandchild that pushed me into action. A long-time knitter, I am now ready to explore all things fiber.

25 thoughts on “Sunday Reveal: Baby has arrived!”

  1. Beautiful!!! I’m all for haphazard strips/disordered uniformity–no seams to match and fuss about! I believe we quilters call that “organic”! Beautiful name!!! And beautiful timing–right on her due date!!! The appliqué blocks are gorgeous!!! One could make up a lot of stories to go with each animal. Quilting–I would stitch in the ditch to stabilize everything, then meander the inside of the quilt with a cream colored thread going up to but not into the appliqués, and then using a dark thread on the borders, piano keys.

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  3. Little Roseanna Joy has a real treat in store. Re the quilting – although I am not a specialist on the subject, my artist’s eye is suggesting just keep to the square border of each. It will looked plumped and gorgeous, showing off the beautiful images you have created to perfection.

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  5. The quilt is spectacular! A beautiful gift for a beautifully named baby! I don’t have much quilting expertise to share, but I think those appliqué blocks shine! I would so something quite simple to just hold the sandwich together and not detract from the stars of the show! Congratulations to your family on the addition of baby Roseanna Joy!

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  8. ARGH — I evidently hit the return button while trying to type. I would make sure you quilt as close as the batting requires. If it says 5″ apart make sure you do that. You don’t want the quilt to fall apart. Although it would be a lovely wall hanging, I’m hoping it gets a lot of use, patting and loving. You’ve done a wonderful job.

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