I have a new baby in my life. My very good friends have
had a little baby girl called Poppy.
I have made all their children cot quilts and am now thinking
I need to make them quilts for their beds – that is going to have
to wait as I have a baby quilt to make!!!
The beautiful Poppy
I love making cot quilts as they are a good way to test out
new quilt ideas without committing to a full quilt.
I felt like making a quilt with spots and the nursery
for Poppy has been decorated in soft creams, beiges
and pinks. I managed to get some soft florals from
some fellow crafters because I don’t have anything
like that in my stash anymore!
I decided to make the blocks 8″ square.
I then choose some circle templates,
one for the finished size – 5.5″ and one to
cut the fabric with seam allowance included – 6.5″
I then made cardboard templates out of the 5.5″ circle.
I used a light weight cardboard so it’s easier to pop
out after the fabric has been stitched.
I used a running stitch around the edge of each
circle and the placed the cardboard template
in the middle. I then drew up the thread
gathering the seam allowance on the back.
Then I gave them all a really good press,
and popped out the cardboard.
I only made 6 cardboard templates so
I could use it again and again.
I have made 35 circles and this is all I have done so far.
The quilt will be 5 squares across and 7 down,
making it 40″ x 56″ in size.
I am now going to sew the cirles onto the 8.5″
background fabrics. I think I will used a fabric
glue to hold them in place so I can sew around
the edge of each circle to attach them to the background.
Will post again once it is done!
