I finished piecing the top a couple of weeks ago. Why did it take so long you ask? Part of the problem was thinking I would have time to sew with a newborn. The other part of the problem was identifying and rounding up several out of print fabrics. So my pile of fabric ended up in one of my sewing totes for the last couple of years.
While we were on our annual quilt shop hop, I decided I needed to actually start cutting and piecing my poor(3 year-old) child's baby quilt. It only took a few days during nap time to cut and piece. I used a fussy cut template for the center square of each block. Here it is hot off the quilter, and ready to have the binding put on.
I haven't decided if I'm going to applique the giraffe or not. The backing on the original quilt was a white wide wale minky, but I didn't want to mess with that stretchy fabric. Instead, I used a coordinating dot for the back. The binding will be the same brown and white dot fabric as the original quilt.
I'm planning on making a twin size disappearing nine patch quilt, since I have so much leftover fabric.
