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Friday, July 6, 2012

Sunburst baby quilt

You can find Part 1 of my instructions on how to make this quilt here.

A new baby quilt top is finished...



The colors and pattern were inspired by these photos of the deck chairs at Universtity of Wisconsin - Madison...


The new mom is a big fan of these chairs and their sunburst patterns! The baby girl's nursery colors were chosen based on a gallery photo of these chairs, with chocolate brown accents added.


The quilt pattern was inspired by this fabulous quilt by Geta Grama. It just so happened that I was admiring this unique quilt when my husband asked me to make a baby quilt for his co-worker Jeremy (and wife Jill) who were expecting their first child. Jill directed me to the photos of these chairs as a color guide, and this pattern seemed a perfect fit :)

Serendipity. I just love that word.

P.S. Check back next week for more details on size and construction.

13 comments:

  1. Ack!!! I'm in LOVE with this quilt! Can't wait for details!!

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  2. Oh wow! Oh wow! Oh wow! This is a jaw dropper!

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  3. This is STUNNING! Love the dark-tipped spokes.
    Ordinarily I'd say this is "not my kind of thing", but looking at this (and the inspiration quilt, thanks for linking to it) I just might have to add it to the BucketList.

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  4. Amazing quilt and so lovely!

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  5. *drool* what a great quilt and it truely reflects the inspiration photo. good job!

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  6. Such a beautiful quilt! I look forward to the details.

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  7. Luv it! I have to make a baby quilt soon and was struggling with the design, this is perfect! :)

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  8. Eeeekkkkk! LOVE this quilt. Can't wait for details.

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  9. Gorgeous! I've been thinking about Geta's quilt too. Looking forward to the details of your construction.

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  10. This is brilliant! I saw this on Geta's site quite some time ago, and loved it then. Amazing.

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  11. Beautiful!! I'm working n the same pattern. I just love your version and your inspiration.

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  12. Shelley, your quilts always have a very high WOW factor and this one does not disappoint! Again, I love your work and am so glad you share with the rest of us.

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  13. Love the Sunburst baby quilt. I just finished making one myself using white background and hand dyed fabrics for the sunbursts. I made 16 so the quilt is a little bigger. I have several friends who love this also and we are going to get together and have a "class" at my house so we can each make one. I will send pictures when this happens. Thanks for the great directions. You made it all come together very easily.
    Martha Lindberg

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