easy peasy baby quilt

Last weekend, while I was #notgoingtoquiltcon I pulled fabrics and started working on a baby quilt for a dear friend who's about to have a baby very very soon.  

I shopped my stash and came up with this stack of fabrics to make a pretty baby boy quilt.  I was sharing these pics on instagram last weekend and someone pointed out that these are QuiltCon colors!  I guess even my subconscious was wishing we were in Austin at QuiltCon.



The quilt top came together in just a few hours (cutting included!) using the Strip and Flip quilt tutorial from Cluck Cluck Sew.  I just love the soft sherbert-y colors, but that its not too pretty to be for a baby boy, hopefully mom likes it too!



If feels so satisfying that this quilt came completely from my stash!  Granted it hardly made a dent in the mountains of fabric I have amassed, but still I'll take it :-)



For the back, I used this super cute bike print by Jay Cyn for Birch Fabrics which I've been hanging onto for a while now and pieced it with a strip of Kona Bahama Blue.  Mom and Dad are quite active, so I think they'll appreciate the bikes!



I quilted this using an allover sort of boxy stipple, the same that I quilted my Scrappy Rainbow quilt.  I love the sort of boxy robot feel this quilting gives, again just perfect for a boy.

Quilt Stats:

Quilt Name:  Sherbert Strip and Flip

Quilt Pattern:  Strip and Flip quilt tutorial by Cluck Cluck Sew

Quilt Size: 41" x 41"

Fabrics Used:  Assorted prints from my stash

Binding Fabric:  Zoofari by Doodlebug Designs for Riley Blake

Backing Fabric: Avalon His Cruiser by Jay Cyn for Birch Fabrics, Kona Bahama Blue 

Quilting:  Allover boxy stipple done by me on my home machine