Baby K's Quilt

I know I just posted a quilt a few days ago… but I wasn’t kidding when I said it is baby season! This quilt was made for a childhood friend, who is an amazing artist. As a profession, an artist, no pressure there. Her aunt wanted to buy a quilt for her, so it was a complete pleasure working on a commissioned piece. Having the opportunity to work with Jennifer who’s eye for color is quite literally her livelihood was so much fun. Partially because I am a color nut, so making sure I sourced just the right fabric colors was a thrill that I don’t think many would understand. Yes, I’m weird.

So a little story to this quilt as we go, because I think that makes this more fun. Jennifer started by messaging me this color inspiration image. They are not necessarily going with an ocean theme, but they loved the color scheme.

It is a really lovely palate of grayed out shades of greens, gray blue, and then some sandy tones. Around northern Indiana there is one place to go and get the selection that I knew I needed, and that place is Shipshewanna. There I browsed the mother-load of solid fabrics. Seriously, check out just the blue - teal section below. They have the whole damn rainbow there, and more if that is even possible.

Before shopping we had chatted back and forth, and talked on the phone about the design she wanted. I sent over a few of my favorites that I thought would lend themselves well to the colors, and they choose the Cabin Peaks pattern by Cotton + Joy. I’d seen this pattern floating around Instagram and it was on a short list for my to possibly make for Theo’s big boy bed. It was a straight forward quilt to make, and I love anything set on point. So on to the finished quilt photos!

I tackled 2 new challenges with this quilt. One, I wanted to use a quilting design that required I start and stop each block individually which meant I’d have threads to weave into the quilt at the end. It was actually simpler than I anticipated, and I think the quilting was the perfect choice to accent the design without distracting. Two, I ended up needing to use invisible thread to bind the quilt for the best look at the end, and man I spend at least an hour playing around before I felt comfortable starting on the quilt. Invisible thread is not an easy beast, but a worthy investment.

You can check out and purchase Jennifer’s art on her website here. What do you think of this cabin peaks quilt? I’d actually love a larger version on my bed at the lake!