Boho Blossoms and NTT

Welcome to Needle and Thread Thursday, y'all!  This week, I spent a relaxing Easter weekend with my family, worked outside in my yard quite a bit, and still found time to finish up this little baby quilt.

These little strips measure 1.5" x 11" finished.  It's a weird size, but since these are leftovers from my Blossoms and Buds quilt, the size was pretty much dictated to me.  I love the way the creamy Kona Bone background makes these saturated florals pop.

I quilted this one with a relaxed spiral floral design, and not only does it echo the design of the fabrics, it's a great complement to the straight lines of the piecing.

The quilting is dense enough to give it lots of great texture, but not so dense that it doesn't drape well.  This is a baby quilt after all, and a snuggly quilt is of utmost importance.

I had a leftover piece of this stunning wide back print, and it was perfect for the back.  I widened it out with an aqua print I had in my stash, though I had a bit of a measurement mishap.  If you look closely, you can see a very narrow strip along each side.  

Somehow, when I made the backing, it turned out about an inch too narrow, and I didn't realize it until after I had already laid out the quilt top over it for basting.  Since I had already started the process, I decided to go ahead and finish basting the quilt, and fix it after the fact.  After basting, I unpinned one long side at a time and sewed on an extra strip to widen it out.  I can't believe I did that!  I just goes to show that everyone makes mistakes and that's okay.  Most things are easily fixable, so don't freak out!

The fabrics in this quilt gave me lots of choices for the binding, so it was so easy to pull this purple crosshatch out of my stash.  I love it because there are a couple of fabrics in the quilt that are actually two shades of purple, so it coordinates beautifully.

Every single bit of this quilt came from leftovers or my stash, and I love that!  The finished quilt measures 36" x 44", so it's a perfect size for donating to the NICU of our local children's hospital.  I'm calling this one Boho Blossoms.  These Anna Maria floral fabrics are so colorful, and the designs have a very boho feel.

Last week's party didn't disappoint (it never does!), so let's get to the highlights.  This beautiful quilt top is from Jocelyn at Canadian Needle Nana-

This sweet and scrappy quilt is from Shannon at The Flemings Nine-

Karen at Quilts...etc. shared this lovely rainbow quilt-

And finally, this spring stunner is from Sew Preeti Quilts-

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