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The mumma to be wanted elephant's, squares and grey and mint colours. I found a pattern "Elephant and I". So using the morning sun shining through my kitchen window I traced all the pattern pieces. It took a while. Then watching lots of youtube clips i pieced it. Started Jan 2018 finished 24th November 2018. Quilted professionally by was Jemina's Quilt store in Victoria Australia. Then sewing the binding on in the waiting room whilst mum to be was in labour. Dad to be kept me up to date.

My step daughter is having her first baby, a boy. Her shower/nursery theme was golf as her husband and father are avid golfers. I looked and looked for juvenile golf themed fabric or panels, the selection was very limited. I settled on scattered golf balls for the back ground and added chevron fussy cut fabric for the sashing. This idea came from the book: Stripe Quilts Made Modern by Lauren Plamer. The little golf carts (pattern on Etsy) are my first attempt at paper piecing. I had to shrink the pattern by 20% to get them to fit the 5 inch squares and then add fabric to put them on point. I was in a time crunch so only three made it on the quilt, I think it would have been better to add more little carts but time did not permit. For the quilting I just outlined the golf balls and chevrons, echoed the carts, and added some lines with rulers in the boarder. My favorite element of the quilt is the chevron binding, I think it really enhances the the quilt. I used quilters dream wool/poly batting and white minky on the back. Wool batting is my new favorite. Provides a lot of dimension and keeps the quilt soft so it drapes well.

I had so much left over that I made string quilts using a 2" white strip in the center and building out, I combine four smaller blocks making one larger one. This is a shabby chic kind of fabric. I started with a 6.5 piece of paper (used inexpensive dollar store tablets).

The ladies of our quilt group wanted to learn how to paper piece, so as a project I had them make this sweet little baby quilt. Fun paper piecing project!