She may not yet have a name or a place to sleep, but, by golly, baby girl has a quilt.
I felt like I needed to start challenging myself a bit, so I decided to tackle the half-square triangle quilt, or HST. Supposedly easy and a gateway to fancier quilting. Truthfully, it wasn't that much harder than simple patchwork squares, just the extra step of making the triangle squares. (There's a great shortcut for that at In Color Order.)
The herringbone pattern was inspired by this grey and white quilt, but I don't have enough restraint to only use neutrals in a situation like this.
The taupe polka dot fabric on the back is vintage yardage from my grandma. I had been saving it to use especially in a quilt for this baby. Gender neutral! The rest of the back was pieced with Alexander Henry "Market Stalls" print (which inspired the whole color palette to begin with) and scraps from the quilt top.
The quilting itself is easier to see on the back. I followed the peaks and valleys creating a fun zig zag pattern.
I am so in love with quilts with striped bindings. I couldn't resist giving it a try myself.
It's so not perfect, but I still love how it turned out. This is only my fifth quilt, so I think I am making progress!
p.s. I forgot to note the size above. It's 38" by a long-ish 55".