I have wanted to make a Swoon quilt ever since the super-sized blocks took over the quilting blogosphere a while back. I purchased the pattern, and before I started making my own quilt blocks I thought I'd try it out on some stashed fabric. I made a baby cowboy-themed quilt block some time back and was pleased with how it turned out. After I found out that my cousin, who lives in Texas (where my family is from), was having a baby boy I knew I had to finish up the quilt to send off to him! Unfortunately baby K has been born -- but I'm still managing to get this off before he's too big to use it as a stroller quilt.
I was quite pleased with how the quilting turned out ... I followed Angela's directions for quilting a Swoon block, and pretty much did as she told me to do. Despite not spending a lot of time doing the actual quilting on a block, I feel like the outcome was okay!
I also added the quilt label that I've been adding recently, a little tab inserted to the binding that says "made with ❤" on one side, and "jenifer f. 2013" on the other side. And yes, I machine sewed the binding on ... I think that if I could get even better at this it might become my go-to binding technique. The backing was a scrappy pieced backing, my favorite.
I also managed to use the leftover HST on two little bibs, and I also sewed up a little "latchy catchy" that I saw on Etsy and pinned once upon a time. I thought that was a clever idea for keeping the door quiet on a sleeping baby!
Last, but not least, I added in a knit cap and booties that I made a while back. The knit cap was practice for two-handed stranded knitting (pattern long ago forgotten!). (ravelry link)
The booties were made when I saw some friends down and taught them how to knit socks. We made baby socks with worsted weight wool (leftover Malabrigo Worsted), and they are the perfect add-on to these goodies. (ravelry link)
Hopefully it won't be a year before I update again ... see you before then!
