Monday, May 19, 2014

Mariella's Ruffled Elephant Quilt


Apparently I like ruffles!  So when I found this great tutorial from Make It Homemade for a ruffled baby quilt I was so inspired I had to make one!! I picked my fabrics and got to work (apparently I like polka dots too!).  I adjusted the width of the strips for maximum elephant placement, but followed Palak's tutorial closely for constructing the quilt. I finished mine with a ruffled edge. 

The ruffles get easier every time I make them. I bought a ruffler foot online for a good price and it works great!  It took some time to get used to...but it helped immensely when I finally decided to read the directions and oil it just like the directions told me! Imagine that.






My first quilt label!


I made this quilt for baby Mariella as a shower gift.  Make sure you see the blogpost about fun pink camouflage cookie favors we made for her special day here.


Go make something!

Nini~







4 comments:

  1. Ruffles and babies are perfect together. I can not tell how much I love the elephant fabric. That is one lucky baby! Beautiful quilt!

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    1. I agree, ruffles and baby girls go together so nicely! Pink elephants!! Have we been drinking we see pink elephants?!

      Nini~

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  2. That is just the funnest quilt ever! Brings a smile to my face just looking at it. Great job. And hey - what's that about reading instructions? You mean it pays to read instructions? Guess I might have to pay attention to that tidbit of advice sometime . . .

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    1. Haha Barb!! Yup reading directions actually works!! Who knew? I am glad the quilt makes you smile, I hope it makes Mariella happy too!!

      Thanx for leaving a comment!!
      Nini~

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