Iris Ann’s Baby Quilt July OMG
We are making a baby quilt for a coworker whose niece is expecting her first baby in September. The baby is a girl and they are expecting to name her Iris Ann. To say we are thrilled and happy to be making a baby quilt for Iris Ann following the specifics set forth by her mom is an understatement. We are making this our July One Monthly Goal (OMG) to share on Patty’s Elm Street Quilts linky party.
Iris Ann’s HRT
Sue and I debated the dynamics of Iris’ quilt for a good month or longer. Some days I thought it was block composed of 60-degree triangles, while on other days I was certain the blocks were made from half-rectangle-triangles (HRTs). At one point, we had to decide and stick with the decision. HRTs it is.
The color palette mom decided on is white, cream, black, pink, and two shades of grey. We’ll hopefully be cutting and starting to sew them this week. It warms our heart to think of baby Iris laying and sleeping underneath our love. One additional fun point for me is making HRTs. I have wanted to make a quilt using that block for ages. Plus, I have some new Bloc-Loc rulers that are begging to be used.
Iris July OMG Project
To recap, our July OMG project is to design, sew, quilt and bind a baby quilt for my coworker’s great-niece, Iris Ann.
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What a sweet baby quilt! Let us know how you like those Bloc Loc HRT rulers. I bought the HST triangle Bloc Loc rulers on someone else’s recommendation, but haven’t had a chance to try them out yet because then the Accuquilt GO! cutter followed me home from the LQS and I had to try cutting out HSTs with the die cutter first…
That’s going to be a great quilt! I look forward to seeing how the rulers work out. I was trying to do some with regular rulers, and it’s tricky.
Enjoy! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and good luck on your project.
Sounds intriguing and those HRT’s will be fun with those rulers. I’ve made a few using a process involving that sticky kitchen stuff (name escapes me right now – senior moment.) that worked fine for just a couple, but having the ruler would be good.
I had an interesting thought about rectangles. I can’t wait to see this! I love having the right ruler and I bet this is a help.
Looking forward to seeing the progress on this one!
That’s going to be a sweet baby quilt!
Looking forward to your fabric choices and the ongoing progress. It’s so nice to have a friend to quilt with.
What a fun undertaking! I’m looking forward to seeing how this turns out for Iris Anna.
I went up and picked up a couple block loc rulers and never use them – I don’t know why but I keep forgetting I have them and use the ones I always use
I can hardly wait to see this one! I have those same rulers and haven’t touched them yet.
You’ll have fun with this one, using a new ruler always makes it fun!
Are you liking that Bloc Loc ruler? I like HRTs but they can be tricky, in my opinion. Will be fun to follow this quilt as you work on it!
I’m with you. They look like HRTs to me. And it’s always nice to put those specialty rulers to good use. I look forward to seeing the progress of this baby quilt for Iris Ann. Have a good day, Mary.