The first quilt I’m working on is a baby quilt for a family member. I already had some fabric from Paintbrush Studio’s Animal Kingdom Collection and I decided to pair it with the Zoo Dwellers pattern from Andy Knowlton. For piecing thread, I’m using 50 wt. Aurifil cotton thread (2805 Light Gray Turquoise) . I am still not sure if I will use this color for the actual quilting part but I will have some time before I have to decide.
As you can see above, I’m done with the cutting for all the piecing work (although I still need to make the binding tape and cut the backing). I will say the first thing that has made me nervous is the fact that this pattern calls for cutting out long white strips of fabric. I’m a bit worried that these strips aren’t completely square since I couldn’t cut them in one cut (too long for my table), I will have to keep an eye on my quilt blocks as I construct them and make sure they are square.
In terms of time, piecing is actually going pretty quickly even though I have to pause often to iron out all the seams. I think I will be able to finish the front of the quilt in the next day, although I haven’t tried sewing in the long white strips yet…
