This is a photo of a baby quilt for my new grandson, Samuel. He is so precious!!!
I am still in love with the Farm Fresh fabric and the tumbler pattern. This is very similar (almost a duplicate) to the quilt I made for my nephew, Jonathan. Remarkably enough--the two boys favor each other; hence, similar quilts. Samuel was born in December and Jonathan was born in February.
Not too long ago I found a label I really have fun making. Print or hand write your label, add a border, and sew on a backing then turn it right side out and hand sew to a back corner of the quilt. So easy and neat!!
I have been wanting to create this quilt for a while. I had a full photo of yellow jonquils (daffodils) to use for this quilt, but then found a photo of the jonquils in the foreground and my parents' home in the background. I just had to create this for my parents since they live 200 miles away in an assisted living home and cannot see the flowers. I printed the photo on white material backed with freezer paper. I did not treat the fabric since this is a wall quilt and will not be washed. I cut the material slightly smaller than the 8.5 x 11 piece of freezer paper and it printed perfectly on my inkjet printer.
I created the word "jonquils" by typing in a Word file. After printing, I then used my light table to trace the words on freezer paper. I ironed the freezer paper to top of fabric, and then ironed the fabric on fusible web. Then cut the words out and ironed on fabric. I loved the whole process. My biggest problem was how to quilt the photos. I chose to only quilt the black fabric.
