August 2022, Baby Quilt for a Girl

My friend, Betty, has been a good friend over the years.  The best I can do for her is make quilts for her family.  Her daughter's daughter is expecting a baby girl any day now, so I made this quilt for the newest member of Betty's family.  It's one of my favorite patterns, a Half Square Triangle (HST's)  I  usually make wildly colorful quilts but wanted to do something different, pastel colors, low contrast.  I quilted it on my home machine, also my favorite - meander quilting.

 

 

July, 2022, Full size "Double Triangle"

A friend from New Jersey posts on my FB a lot.  She posted she is getting married.  I told her I love to make quilts and would like to make one for her.  She seemed very enthusiastic.,  I asked her for her favorite color and she said purple.  That is a very unusual favorite color and I was  surprised I had so much in my stash.  I had one huge piece of very deep purple, and I used all of it.  The other pieces are mostly for contrast, notice the two triangles of yellow and several pieces of the fabric with purple and pink lilacs.  I made the back, which has become my habit, of 12" squares of extra front fabric and/or matching fabric.  This back has some extra blocks, from the front.  Whew, this quilt is big and time consuming.