Crumb Patchwork Quilt

I began sewing the crumb patchwork quilt a few days ago and had to finish it this week, as Friday was the day for it to be gifted.

I found a matching sheet to use for the backing .

Laid the sheet down on the table, the polyester batting over that and then the quilt top face up on top of the polyester batting.

Making sure that the bottom sheet extended beyond the batting and quilt top by at least 10 cm on each side, so that there would be enough fabric to fold down towards the front for a self binding to frame the quilt.

Pinned all the layers together and took it to the sewing machine to quilt a wide grid over the seams.

After quilting,The sheet from the back was 8 cm wide at the narrowest point so I had to cut it all down to 8 cm and then iron and double fold over to the front of the quilt for the bound edge.

Pinned the self binding down to the front of the quilt.

Pinned the binding down into mitred corners at the edges of each side.

Sewed the binding down as close to the inside edge as possible.

I chose not to quilt it densely as I wanted a very soft fluffy blanket. I quilted a widely spaced grid, just enough rows to make sure that the three layers, backing, batting and quilt top were joined together.

The color combinations came out beautifully

A lovely Ocean quilt for a little boy

Washed and folded ready to be gifted.