Art Gallery Quilt

I have had an art gallery sugar charm pack for quite some time.  In the interest of not taking everyone to the fabric store, and using stuff from my stash, I have been really focusing on easy projects I can quickly do.  I love to sew and it relaxes me greatly, but it's summer and I have all these kids to play with, so in order to have the best of both worlds, easy and fast projects are the way to go.  I have a small quilt I made about seven years ago for my oldest.  It is the perfect size to fit in the pack and play, or to lay a small baby on.  I decided I wanted another for Tessa, and this charm pack was perfect.  I also added some hot pink minkee.  My niece has a blanket with textures that she loves, so I thought maybe Tessa would like that too. 

                          

I really only had a little minkee, so it is just in the middle.  The fabrics are bright and cheery and the whole quilt measures 35" square. 

 I quilted an all over stipple.  I love the back, I almost considered making it into a bag instead.  I only had a yard, so not much is left over.  I had a stripe for the binding and decided to do it on the bias just to be sure I remembered how.  Sometimes when you don't use a skill you lose it, and I could tell I hadn't made bias binding in a long time.  But I love stripes on the bias, it really makes a difference.

Gratuitous baby shot, she wasn't thrilled about being on the wood floor I don't think.