Isabela’s quilt

I made a quilt for my friend Amanda’s baby girl, Isabela.  Amanda took our family pictures – oh yes! now that I’m blogging again, I’ll have to share them with you – and it wasn’t an easy job.  She did a wonderful job!  It’s just that our kids didn’t make it easy for her.  It was one of those times where I didn’t think that there would be one good photo to come out of it… and surprise, surprise!  There were great photos to come out of it!   I wanted to give her this quilt as kind of a services swap, but also because I know how much her other kids loved their quilts from me.  Actually, I’m only 2-for-3 for my own kids’ quilts, yet I’m a perfect 3-for-3 for theirs!  So many quilts, so little time…

I had the floral fabric from a custom quilt I made years ago; it’s an Amy Butler design.  I’ve always loved the print, but I didn’t have too much of it, so I just balanced it out with scrap pieces of cream colored fabric and some adorable dot fabric (from the same Amy Butler line of fabrics, I believe).  I loved being able to use fabrics that were already in my stash and not purchase anything new.  Such a rush, I tell you… such a rush.  This was also one of several quilts that I’ve made lately that I didn’t work from a pattern.  I just let the amount of fabrics I had dictate how I was going to piece them together.  It’s fun; it results in a truly original piece.

Here’s the back of the quilt: