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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

A Baseball Quilt for Evan

A few years back I made a little lap sized quilt for my nephew Evan.  It was a sweet little baseball-themed quilt featuring adorable little baseball players, because Evan LOVES baseball.  Flash forward a few years and that quilt is starting to feel a little "babyish" for this now 3rd grader. His mom asked me if I could make a new quilt that would fit on his bunk bed and still have the same red, white and blue baseball theme, but without the cute little players.  In other words, something a little more grown up.  So, I found a few baseball themed prints, added a few new fabrics from the Varsity line and pulled a few classics from my stash and got started.


I decided to keep it simple with simple patchwork and a few random stars for interest.  I cut up a bunch of 5 inch squares and started playing with a layout.



I threw in a few plain white squares where I wanted my stars to go.


And then I started to build the stars.


I pieced each row and pressed the seams in opposite directions.  Then sewed and pressed pairs of rows together as I went.  (With 3 boys of my own in the house, I am usually pretty motivated to get this step done quickly so that the pieces don't end up run over or blown all over the house. Ha!)


Ta-dah!  Top done.


Today I will be machine quilting 1/4 inch from each seam vertically and horizontally.  Then I will be hand stitching inside of each star with chunky red thread to mimic the stitches on a baseball.  I am really excited to see how that turns out.

I have quite a few pieces of fabric left over, so I will be using those for my October comfort quilt.



I am also working on this adorable reindeer quilt from the Moda Bake Shop.  My goal is to have this one pieced together by tomorrow, so I can get it up off the floor quickly.  :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Tracy

13 comments:

  1. Your nephew's quilt is perfect for a young man.. and baseball lover! Your reindeer is going to be adorable, too.

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  2. I love the patchwork baseball quilt for your growing nephew. The random stars are a nice touch and the red baseball stitching is going to look awesome!

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  3. looking good...thanks for sharing your process. micki@2dogsstudio.us

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  4. Cute baseball quilt, I'm sure your grandson will love it! I really liked your reindeer, too. Kat @ katandcatquilts.blogspot.com

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  5. Cute baseball quilt, I'm sure your grandson will love it! I really liked your reindeer, too. Kat @ katandcatquilts.blogspot.com

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  6. Haven't you been busy, such a nice boys quilt. And I really love your reindeer, guess you want this one completed in time for Christmas?
    Jenny from New Zealand

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  7. How fun! I recently used some of these same baseball fabrics in a t-shirt quilt. Evan will love it.

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  8. So cute! I wish I could do both. Someday....

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  9. So cute! I wish I could do both. Someday....

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  10. So cute! I wish I could do both. Someday....

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  11. So cute! I wish I could do both. Someday....

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  12. Those stars really make that quilt shine!

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