Family of Three for Quiltmaker Magazine

Look up. Waaaa-yyy up!

Family of Three 40" x 53" by Lorna McMahon of Sew Fresh Quilts

This little baby giraffe is surrounded by the love of family. Keeping watch, mom and dad are right there with him under a canopy of rich, green leaves. Family of Three.

Earlier this year, I was contacted by Quiltmaker Magazine. As well as being offered an opportunity to submit a block for their next 100 Blocks, which you can see here, I was also approached to make a submission for a baby quilt to be featured in an upcoming issue. Family of Three was the design I settled on.


Elaborating on an earlier quilt I made called Giraffe Love, I drew up a revised design on grid paper and wrote myself out a pattern to follow. Then set to work cutting all the pieces.

The front is made entirely from Kona Cotton Solids in Capri, Cactus, Peapod, Grass, Sunny, Cedar and Medium Grey. And the backing is Jungle Party by Edward Miller for Robert Kaufman Fabrics.

This quilt finished at approximately 40" x 53". A great size for using a solid piece for the backing.

This finish features my favourite organic wavy line quilting.

And a matched binding. First stitched onto the front and folded to the back. Then topstitched from the front in matching threads.

This Family of Three baby quilt was the 42nd use of my 100 labels
ordered from Ikaprint.

Family of Three for Quiltmaker Magazine January/February 2016

A great big "Thank YOU!" to Robert Kaufman Fabrics, who kindly sponsored this project sending the Kona Cotton Solids for the front and coordinating Jungle Party backing fabric.

Jungle Party by Edward Miller for Robert Kaufman and coordinating Kona Cotton Solids

Quiltmaker magazine January/February '16 issue, includes my Family of Three baby quilt and can be found at your fave fabric shop or newsstand beginning today!!!!

If you are new around here, I'd like to say, "WELCOME!"

Take your time and have a look around.

It's always a pleasure to make new friends!

Some of the Sew Fresh Quilts' features are:

• the home of the Let's Bee Social linky party

• Free Tutorials for new and experienced quilters alike

• free quilt alongs - Elephant Parade and Dog Gone Cute

• PDF Patterns, patterns and more patterns here

GIVEAWAY!

Would you like the chance to win a copy of
Quiltmaker's January/February 2016?

Of course you would!

How do you enter the giveaway contest? 

 

Follow the instructions on the RaffleCopter.com widget below!

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Two from Quiltmaker magazine and one from me.
This Giveaway is open internationally.

Winners will be randomly chosen on December 7th and notified by email.

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Linking up to Finish it up Friday with 

Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts

A special thank you to all who stopped by last Wednesday and offered their support and kind words of encouragement. You are so appreciated! I was feeling a little down... But you have lifted me waaaa-yyy up! And I honestly don't what I'd do without friends like you! You are so important to me.

Keep On Quilting On!

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