Summercrafter

This post is to show you the completed baby quilt from the "Playground" pattern from the same book. It's done in Baby Big Top Circus fabric by Timeless Treasures. Not much a fan of circuses per se, but they sure look great as illustrations and fabric! This pattern is one of the projects in the book Simply Retro by Camille Roskelley.  Jana is hosting a quilt along on her blog . I wanted to give you an update on how lovely this quilt came out. At least I was happy with the result. I just quilted loops, that's "circus-y" isn't it?  large loops on the blocks and small loopier loops on the sashing and borders. The backing has moons and stars, I used this for my son's room 14 years ago! Let's just say I've come such a looooong way!! Can you guess my favorite part?  Solid binding in various colors, it was the perfect complement. And it was very convenient to have this jelly roll handy!...

Whew! I thought I'd never get this done but I enjoyed it so much. A great motivator to finish is using some fun fabric. It provided great stress relief, once I got started I could not stop! But I've only finished the top, quilting is yet to be done.      This pattern is called "Playground" in Camille Roskelley's Simply Retro book (you can get it here  or at her store Thimble Blossoms .)  I'm quilting along through this book with Jana .       Here are two ways to change how the block looks.         Mix up the colors and patterns.     Or leave them more uniform, Both work!     I used Baby Big Top Circus Collection  (or part of it) by Timeless Treasures. I got a Fat Quarter bundle at Craftsy , take advantage of those 50% off sales!!      Here are more of the blocks up close.      ...