Provençal Fabric Baby Quilt
The small new human in the family is the recipient of a glorious little quilt made with Provençal fabrics collected in France. Some were acquired by her grandmother in 2010 and some by her great Grandmother in the 1960’s. In our own homes, we each made “Cobblestone” blocks. They are mostly combinations of red and yellow and green…with the occasional non-provençal fabric added in.
Grandpa arranged them in a pleasing design, and grandma machine-sewed them together. An adjustable quilting frame like a giant embroidery frame was borrowed for the hand quilting. The backing fabric is sewn to the front and back beams, and then bound to the side bars using pins and string to tension it. A layer of batting laid on top of the backing, and the pieced quilt top on the batting . A few pins hold all the layers together, and then it’s an extravaganza of quilting by hand. One hand above the frame and one hand below, alternating so that neither gets too tired.
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Constance admired the string-tensioning.
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The Human Quilter was very glad of the help, and Constance’s stitches are very tiny. After the quilting is done, a bound edge was sewn on. The baby was given the quilt today and seemed transfixed by it.
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This quilt is lovely – the family’s new human is very lucky to have it!
Thank you, it was a very nice project all-round.
Lucky little one to have a quilt made by her grandmother and great grandmother. I expect that she will treasure it in years to come.
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The quilt is absolutely fabulous! The whole family is very talented and had made a prize-winning quilt for the new human. Constance’s outfit is gorgeous.
Constance likes this outfit, and doesn’t get a lot of opportunity to wear it…but maybe one of these days the Quimper Hittys will play hide-and seek on all the quilts!
I LOVE IT
I loved helping to make it!!! The response of little human and her parents was very gratifying 🙂
This is beautiful, both in thought and product!!! What a lot of work!! Constance looks so cute in her outfit. What a lucky little new human!! Just wonderful. laura
Thank you! It was a great project – working with materials that were significant across time and space…and everyone seems pleased with the results! Who could ask for more?
Beautiful quilt. That is a treasure.
We think it is a good quilt with warming colours for a baby born in the Northern hemisphere in January.
Absolutely agreed! Glorious quilt, and I love Hitty Constance’s Provencal outfit, the lace headdress really setting it off. That little babe must be coming up to a first birthday soon, maybe walking and talking too!
Indeed, now toddling and babbling charmingly!