Baby G. finally got his quilt! Nevermind that he is six months old. Luckily summer doesn't officially start here until July, so he still has a little time to snuggle in it.
I love an easy quilt, and this one is just that. I had leftover Michael Miller fabric from this stroller quilt, but not enough for another patchwork. So I opted to cut a few circles of each (plus a few other coordinating fabrics) to create a similar look with way less fabric.
I ironed my fabric to an iron-on webbing, then cut the circles using a die cut machine, but you could easily trace a cup and hand-cut your circles. Then I measured and ironed them in place and used a zig-zag stitch to stitch them in place.
The quilting was the hardest part of this quilt! That's the reason it sat in my closet for months and months. I decided to quilt around each circle, and then outline the circle rows with another row of quilting. If I could do it again, I'd probably just do a stipple over the entire center panel, even over the circles. I love the look of stippling. But I still love the way this polka dot quilt turned out!
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17 Responses to “circle applique quilt”
great quilt! i love the circles and colors!
OMG! I love this quilt! It might have something to do with my obsession for polka dots but still. Its amazing!
you'r quite is adorable, you did a great job.
i love the dick & jane fabric, my son has a quilt with it also...now if i could get my aunt to do his whole room i'd be a happy girl.lol
Is there a trick to sewing in circles? I made a flannel blanket for a nephew and cut out circles and sewed on but my circles were not sewed on very circular-ish. Cute cute quilt!
Cute circle quilt! Using the die cuts is a great way to have perfect circles!!
(But if anyone wants a tutorial on a circle quilt, I have one on my blog. It uses a CD as a template.)
http://makeitawonderfullife.blogspot.com/2009/08/simple-circle-quilt-tutorial-part-one.html
That is adorable!!! I love it!!
The quilt is fantastic! I love it and they are so great to have with kids!
Cute! Love it! But man, I would be way to timid to try this kind of a project...phew! There would be no way I could pull it off!
Ginger
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SO wonderful! I think a baby always needs a quilt, no matter what time of year!
When you make the butterfly quilt, I bought some heat n bond lite. WOW! So much fun! I recently made a dishtowel with a circle design.
Thanks for all the great ideas!
Love this quilt, so fresh and clean.
cute, cute, cute.
How cute! I just made, and blogged about, my first quilt! Yours is super cute! Great job.
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Megan
I LOVE your quilt! I'm starting my very first quilt any day now - my MIL is going to tutor me through it. I am so excited. I hope it turns out as cute as yours!
Love It! But I guess I love all of your quilts. You make sooo many. It amazes me. How do you quilt them?
We machine quilt our quilts, but I've got a hand-quilting frame and I'm just itching to give it a try!
The circles were a little tricky to sew. I actually just did half a circle at a time, then came back and did the other half. I also had to use a compass and fabric pen to mark my outline circles so they'd be even. When I sewed them they weren't 100% even, but it's not that noticeable.
Although this comment comes 5 years after your post, this is the first time I have seen your blog. The quilt is beautiful. What a great idea to make a quilt in a hurry. I had a lightbulb moment when I saw this: why not quit several, solid color baby or lap quilts, and set them aside for when you need a gift in a hurry. Adding the circles, to individualize the quilt to the person, and then An Instant Gift in a hurry. Love it. Thanks for the idea.
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