Monday, April 20, 2009

I love my Fruits and Veggies...

Some of you may remember that I'm currently in love with RJR's Farmers Market line.  Well, one of The Shmoo's babysitters ( okay, the only one not related to us) just had her first baby last month and so a quilt was in order.  She and her partner are very " back to the earth" kind of folks, so the fruits and veggies felt like the perfect fabric.  I started with pinwheels....

...but the quilt felt too narrow.  It needed a few inches on both sides without adding more pin wheels-- not enough fabric. 
 But, I did have the "scraps" .....

... I made two sets of piano keys, and added them to on.  I love it!  I'm so happy with it, and hope that once it's quilted, washed and dried it will be even better.  This is the first quilt that I have not washed the fabric for before cutting and piecing.  Fingers Crossed!

And, seeing as I had 12 blocks left over I whipped up this little baby---

It's soooo cute!  Would make a cute doll quilt for some little Shmootle out there.  It needs a little boarder or something.  I'll have to see what I can scrounge up in my scrap pile.

It has been a productive weekend, and hopefully I can complete these beauties over the next week.

Peace be with you.

4 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness, that is great! Thank you sooo much for posting this as you've given me the kick in the pants I've needed to finally complete my Kaffe pinwheel quilt. I started it ages ago, but have been paralysed by what to do in terms of borders. I was thinking of piano keys, but wasn't sure how they'd look, but now I am. Thanks, Kelly :-)
    If you want to see my Kaffe pinwheel WIP go to: http://purplepaisleypatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/work-in-progress-pinwheels-kaffe.html

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  2. Adorable! What fun fabric for a new baby! I love it!

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  3. the piano keys borders are wonderful. nice job!

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  4. Wow its amazing how those piano keys "pull" it all together Im sure the mum will just love it fantastic job

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