Happy Wednesday! This week I was able to finish putting together this chevron quilt top for baby D. I also got the whole thing basted!!! I’m pretty excited about how much I got done, so I’m letting myself forget all of the other things I neglected this week 🙂
I’m thinking for quilting, I’m going to follow the chevron lines and keep things pretty simple. I can’t decide if I should have the thread color contrast with the fabric or if I should match it and keep the focus more on the chevrons than on the quilting. What do you think?
Sorry only one pic this week, I really need to stop relying so much on my iphone for pics when I have a nice camera. Everything but this came out so blurry. Ooops.
Your picture doesn’t look blurry at all. Did you spray baste? I love your quilt, nice and classy.
Thanks Ava! It’s the only picture that wasn’t blurry. Got lucky with that one. I used safety pins to baste, I have a great blurry picture of that somewhere around here. 🙂
Wow, it looks great Michelle! Your chevrons are so neat and have the subtle colour changes so I’d be inclined to outline with white thread on the white for quilting. If you wanted to use red thread on the white you could consider hand quilting for an even more stunning statement.
Thanks for your suggestion Karen! I took your advice and did white thread on white and I love how it turned out! I wish I had time to hand quilt some of it… babies and their not waiting to be born 🙂
I think machine quilting is safer on a baby quilt anyway. Little fingers can’t wiggle their way amongst the stitches and get tangled.
Good point! I hadn’t really thought about that part of it. I am getting addicted to how fast machine quilting goes. It’s going to be harder and harder to get motivated to hand quilt 🙂
REally nice chevron quilt. Sometimes the simplest patterns make the nicest quilts. I would keep the quilting quiet to showcase the simple, yet impactful, design.
Thanks for the advice, it’s such a good thing to keep in mind!
This quilt top is stunning and beautiful. Baby D is going to be one classy baby. I would love this quilt for myself.
I agree 100% with Karen’s suggestions.
Thank you so much! I know, I might need to make a chevron blanket for myself too 🙂
I love the simplicity of this colour palette! It looks fantastic and is really eye-catching. I’ve always wanted to do a chevron quilt – yours is very inspirational!
Thanks Nony! You should make one! Would love to see it.
Looks great Michelle! And can’t wait to see the quilting! I still need to make a chevron quilt… adding to the list!
Thanks!! Would love to see your take on a chevron quilt, I know it would be fab.
Very cute! Can’t go wrong with chevrons.
Thanks Rachel!