McKenzie Mae’s Quilt

Edit: In the end, since I don't see Will and Krisit as often as I see Abby and Steven, I gave this quilt to Abby when Ruby Jean was born. I have another baby quilt made for a little girl, so it will go to McKenzie Mae at a later date.

While we were gadding about in Florida this past winter, my nephew Will and his wife Kristi had their second baby, a little girl named McKenzie Mae. I finally got to meet her on Mother’s Day when the family gathered at my sister’s and she is adorable! That tiny little face and with her tiny, button nose seems almost too perfect; she knits her brow just like her big brother Archie, as if she's trying super-hard to figure out all that's going on around her.

Of course, I knew she was to be a January baby and made her quilt early on - maybe as early as September. I love using layer cakes for this particular pattern. It goes together really fast and makes a perfectly-sized baby quilt.

 

I no longer have exact info concerning the fabric, but I am pretty sure it is a Riley Blake line called Emma. (Having a daughter named Emma helped me recall!) I do remember that there was a really sweet deal at one of the on-line shops I follow in which layer cakes were on sale. I got several, and I specifically bought baby- or youth-themed lines for all the babies which seemed (at the time) to be coming droves.

 

 

This is my 3rd baby quilt using this same pattern from layer cakes. It just doesn't get much more basic than this: match up pairs in your layer cake, and cut the pairs together. Cut from each pair 1-5.5" square; 2-5.5" x 2.5" rectangles; 2-9.5" x 2.5" rectangles. This leaves only a tiny 1" x 5.5" piece of waste. Perfect.

I quilted with a somewhat tighter, denser design and used curliques rather than a stipple pattern. I am so thrilled with the results - the tension was spot-on and I mostly did a good job with my free-motion quilting.

 

I finished the binding by machine stitching rather than by hand, since it’s likely to be laundered regularly. 

And now another baby quilt is ready to be delivered. I am sure to see sweet McKenzie Mae throughout the summer; this will be delivered soon.

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Jayne