Sunday, January 8, 2012

Minnie Mouse Quilt

So back around Halloween, a friend of mine's daughter-in-law saw a quilt set for sale. It was a custom set for crib size and had the whole package, bumper, quilt, skirt and it was WAY out of her price range, not to mention she wanted a twin size.

She mentioned to my friend that she was going to have a friend of hers (who's sewn clothes but never quilted) make it. My friend halted her there and reached out to me asking if I could recreate it in twin size. A quick look at it assured me I could do this and so off I went. They paid for the materials since I'd have to buy new fabric across the board for it and a new batting b/c I didn't have twin on hand and I made the quilt. 
Hehe - quilt photos are further down but I had to share how I "wrapped it". I saw this ribbon in the Wal-mart craft section adn couldn't resist.
I had trouble determining how to quilt this one but then realized I wanted the Minnie's to be the stars and so a "frame" would suit them and in the pink dot squares, an off-kilter X was easily the way to go.  In the borders (you can see it a bit in the folded phot above) I did a wide loop de loop (how the heck do you spell that anyway?) I think it works and keeps it fun like Disney. 

What do you think?

Cheers!
Beck

8 comments:

Lorri said...

I love it! What a great friend you are!

Rachel said...

Fantastic!!

Kristie said...

This is adorable, right down to the ribbon! We are off to Disney for the first time in a few weeks, so this really made me smile :)

Barb said...

soooooooooooooooooooo cute!

QuiltNut Creations said...

super cute! you did a great job.

rubyslipperz1052 said...

I think....PURDY-CAH-YOU-te!!!

hugZ,
annie
anniesrubyslipperz.com

Shay said...

LOVE that ribbon Becks. And the quilt is divinely perfect!

That's how I'd spell loop de loop too .

Kamlynn'smommy said...

Can you sell these please??