Pink Squares in Squares Baby Quilt

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   { philistine made }, happy_olya, kliebeans/Jensport, The Mom, and 177 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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   Cate is my name (47 months ago | reply)

   Beautiful!

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   { philistine made } (47 months ago | reply)

   OMG! I love this to pieces!! I am certainly going to have to use your awesome layout in an upcoming quilt of my own. So great.

   PS: How do you achieve such great free-motion quilting results? What do you use?

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   handmadebyalissa (47 months ago | reply)

   Thank you thank you!! The layout was influenced by this beautiful quilt:

   www.flickr.com/photos/67604797@N00/2400008104 /

   And in terms of the free motion quilting, I do it on my own sewing machine with a darning foot and the feed dogs down. I practiced A LOT on scraps and I've definitely gotten better and better at it... now that I sort of have the hang of it it's becoming my favorite part of the whole quilt making process! Now I need to try some free motion that isn't meandering...

   And I have to say, the improvement in the look of the quilt after it's machine washed and dried is drastic! It gets so crinkly and nice after...

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   kliebeans/Jensport (47 months ago | reply)

   this is wonderfully effective. you sure did fussy cut this one!

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   { philistine made } (47 months ago | reply)

   Yeah, I totally want to send all of my quilt tops to you to free-motion! Do you just move the quilt around at random when you free-motion quilt?

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   handmadebyalissa (47 months ago | reply)

   You can definitely do it yourself! It's not that hard, it just takes some practice. This discussion helped me tons - especially the video demo. That shows you exactly how I do it.

   www.flickr.com/groups/quilts/discuss/72157604 324619530/

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   insearchofbalance (47 months ago | reply)

   Beautiful! I love the birds especially. Lucky baby :)

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   Loft Creations (47 months ago | reply)

   Beautiful! The birds are perfect.

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    Littleluvs (47 months ago | reply)

    I just literally sighed out loud when I saw this. I loved it before it was done and it's even more beautiful now. It's a wonderful quilt and the recipient is one blessed baby.

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    handmadebyalissa (47 months ago | reply)

    Than you so much everyone! Your kind words make my day!

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    rose (is red) (47 months ago | reply)

    so so beautiful! i especially love how the birds seem to float on the white squares. and i definitely may need to copy this idea! (it's going into my "to do someday" favorites, along with so many of your other quilts!)

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    elaineandco (47 months ago | reply)

    So adorable! That's one lucky baby!

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    two dogs and a quilt (47 months ago | reply)

    The contrast and colors in this quilt are really nice. I like the "I spy" birdies and flowers!

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    aluna86jh (47 months ago | reply)

    This has to be one of the best quilts I've seen here. You did a really great job!

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    handmadebyalissa (47 months ago | reply)

    Wow! Really, thank you SO much everyone! I'm so happy that people like the quilt!

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    GeorgiaMcDonald (47 months ago | reply)

    I *LOVE* this!

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    One ShaBby ChiCk (46 months ago | reply)

    This is just beautiful!

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    boltandfrolic (46 months ago | reply)

    Gorgeous work!

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    KarWar (46 months ago | reply)

    wow!!

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    Sew Katie Did (46 months ago | reply)

    You are amazing! What an eye for color!

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    handmadebyalissa (46 months ago | reply)

    Thank you thank you everyone!!

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    thepinkpaintedgiraffe (46 months ago | reply)

    AMAZING!!! I seriously need to get the guts to try free motion...enough is enough already!! You did a wonderful job...it's a stunner!

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    handmadebyalissa (46 months ago | reply)

    It took me a while to build up the guts too, but once I did it it wasn't too tough to get the hang off. And now I'm in love with it!

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    london mummy (46 months ago | reply)

    I really really love this, it has such a pretty contemporary feel to it - absolutely beautiful!

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    mmmcrafts (46 months ago | reply)

    so girly and beautiful without being foofy and flowery. genius.

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    austysmum (39 months ago | reply)

    I love it's simplicity, the fabrics and the quilting - beautiful!

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