Between Amy Sinbaldi and Alisse Courter, I was in some kind of incredible Fabric Heaven in the making of this quilt. I had fallen in love a while ago with Alisse Courter’s Magnolia line of fabrics for Camelot Fabrics and couldn’t wait to make a cute little girl’s quilt with the peachy pink fabrics from that line. Then Amy Sinbaldi came out with her Paperie collection for Art Gallery Fabrics and when I saw her “Happily Ever After” fabric I knew it would go beautifully with those peachy pink fabrics.
I didn’t want to cut these fabrics too much because I wanted the prints to really shine, so I decided on a 16-patch quilt. I cut 3.5″ strips to make the checkerboard pattern for finished 3″ squares. I think often this is the cutest pattern for baby quilts.
Moda came out with a line called “Ombre” which is a gradient solid and I have found this fabric to be a real workhorse in quilts – it looks as if you’ve used two or three or even four different solids, but you haven’t. And instead of trying to match a bunch of different solids, the Ombre fabric gives you a few different solids from the same piece of fabric. I love this fabric! So I used a fat quarter of Ombre Popsicle Pink and got several really pretty solids from it.
The other fabrics I used were Robert Kaufman Kona Solid in Baby Pink and Snapshot Hearts in Pink from Riley Blake. For the binding, when I held Squared Elements in Watermelon up to the quilt, it was the clear winner.
For the backing, I used Floral Lattice in White from the Magnolia Line (sadly, very hard to find now). Such a sweet design. I love this particular fabric so much and it was so fun to see it as a full backing on a quilt.
I used Warm and White 100% cotton batting for this quilt. This quilt finished at 36″x47″, a nice little baby quilt that you could use on the floor, snuggle up with or just as a pretty accent piece in a room.
Can you tell I love this quilt? I have put this quilt in my shop, but it’s hard to part with it!
This item has SOLD.
Hope you’re making something!
Elaine
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It would be so great if we had such beautiful fabrics here in South Africa. Love this quilt, would love to make something like this.
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Thanks, Maggie! Maybe you will have to order fabrics online – that’s where I have to get a lot of mine.
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Was able to get most of these fabrics and finished it last week… Baby girl is going to live it
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Please, where can I find this fabric??
I’ve been looking ev-ery-where!!
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These fabrics are discontinued but sometimes you can find some on Etsy. Good luck!
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Love this peachy quilt , I have made a quilt years ago, but want to make one like this for my grand baby due in February! Do you have supply step by step directions for cutting and sewing this quilt, worst part is she is not finding out the sex of the baby, so really not sure what colors I should go with, she said walls will be lt gray with forest green accents , any help would be appreciated
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Joanne: You can make this kind of quilt using this pattern: https://beechtreelanehandmade.bigcartel.com/product/classic-checkerboard-quilt-pdf-pattern
I think grey and green would be very pretty. Maybe combine the forest green with a lighter green also.
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Orange
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I recently made a baby quilt using the checkerboard pattern. It works well on baby quilts and the fabric you chose was so cute.
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I recently made a baby quilt using the checkerboard pattern. It works well on baby quilts and the fabric you chose was so cute.
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Sue: Thank you!
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Hello! Thank you for the beautiful pattern and idea. How many different fabrics did you use? I love this quilt! So Beautiful! On my purchased pattern it said to get 4 different fabrics for quilt top, but I see 5 different ones here, is that correct? I did read that you used an ombre fabric, love that idea! Thank you for your help, I can’t wait to see my finished product.
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Hi Jacqueline: The Peechy Keen Quilt does have 5 fabrics – the Ombre fabric makes it look like even more. See this Little Owl Quilt for the same quilt with 4 fabrics, like in the pattern: https://beechtreelanehandmade.com/2016/01/19/little-owl-baby-quilt/
Hope this helps!
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I like it! Pretty as can be. Nice pictures too.
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This is just darling! It has a very serene and calming feel to it. 😉
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What a sweet baby quilt. I love the fabric you’ve chosen for the binding.
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Thanks, Catherine – that binding is one of my favorites – it reminds me of gingham!
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This is so gorgeous and this is such a fun quilt!
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Thank you, Caryl!
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So sweet!
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Thanks, Tammy!
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This is a lovely quilt. The fabrics you chose were a perfect compliment to each other. Hope this sells for you.
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Your quilt is beautiful! Thanks for the idea of using an ombré fabric to get several different shades of solids! Genius!
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If I wanted to make a quilt of similar size and say, 6-8 different fabrics, how much of each fabric would I need? Thanking you. Jan
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Jan: I didn’t keep track of the yardage I used (sorry!) but I know I cut 3.5″ strips for this project. There were 15 completed 16-patch blocks. When I look at my project notes, I’m guessing that it takes close to 3 yards to piece the front (there are a lot of seams). So if you used 6 fabrics, I would think about 1/2 yard each would do the job. Hope this helps!
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This is beautiful! I love the peacefulness of it. But so girly and sweet too.
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Thank you, Kelli!
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I love this so much – it is so fresh and girly. I’ve been searching for the fabrics here in the UK but can’t get your combination at all. Can you tell me where to find them here? The postage from USA is too expensive.
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I live in the USA, so I have no idea! You will have to google it!
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so I’m new to quilting. I have done 2 quilts but I would like to do a baby quilt for a friend’s granddaughter. I love this one. My question is, do you sew your strips together and then cut them or did you cut 3.5 squares and then sew together. Not sure if I made that question clear
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Susanne: I did what is called a “16-patch” block , which is different fabrics cut into strips, sewn together and then subcut into more strips and sewn back together to create a checkboard pattern. These 16-patch blocks are then sewn together to create the quilt. You can google “16 patch block” and find info on how to do this! It’s easy. Good luck!
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I absolutely adore this quilt. Perfection in fabric and design.
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Car: Thank you so much! I love that you love it!
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Wonderful, I want to make something like this too! May I ask you which 100% cotton batting you use for your crib quilts? I need a soft one, but I don’t have much choice in 100% cotton battings over here. Thanks in advance 🙂
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Darla: Where are you from? I have used both Warm and Natural batting and Hobbs 80/20 batting. The Hobbs is a little softer, if that is what you are after.
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I’m Italian but I live in the Netherlands and Warm & Natural is impossible to find over here (there’s only 1 online shop that sells Warm & White but no Warm & Natural. Warm and White is quite stiff and thin and I find it ok for a cushion cover but a bit too stiff for a baby quilt, I guess) Too bad, because it’s handy to have a whIte batting that doesn’t show through voile cotton and Warm & White would be perfect for that.
I think I’ll go for Hobbs (easy to find here) or Quilters Dream. Thank you so much for your reply 🙂 I love seeing your work!
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Absolutely beautiful! Seeing quilts like this is what makes me want to learn to quilt. Do you have a rule of thumb so to speak on how many different prints you use in a quilt. I notice in this quilt there are 5 different prints and 2 different solids? Is that right?
Also, thank you for your tutorial on tips, that really helps a lot. I’ve read it a couple of times.
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I have found all of the prints on line except the backing. Everyone says out of stock. I can’t imagine making this quilt without that fabric. Any suggestions? Can’t wait to get started. Thank you.
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Love this quilt so much and just had to make one for my new granddaughter! I found all of fabrics except for two of them but managed to find two different ones that worked just as nicely! Thank you for sharing this quilt!
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Hi How can I find out how the previous replier, Mary found this line of fabrics? Please tell. Thanks. Dee
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did you do a tutorial on sewing this quilt? I thought I watched one and now cannot find it anywhere.
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Carrie: No, I never did a tutorial on anything on this quilt, other than the original post.
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I just love your quilts. I love the way you quilt too. I’m working on a quilt now and will try quilting it like you have. It looks so neat and also looks easier than a meander quilt. Thanks for sharing your ideas with us.
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Thank you. What a beautiful quilt. I can’t believe how much I learned reading about your ombré fabric. Thank you Sweetest. Thank you for sharing the size of squares. I always wonder
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I just love this quilt. Feminine but still fresh and modern. I have managed to find most of the fabrics except the fabric you used on the back so will come up with an alternative. I do have a question about the 16 patch block. How many different strip combinations did you use for the blocks? It looks like there are a few different versions. You have a blue boy version that basically uses just 4 fabrics so that one is easy to figure out but this one is a little tougher to figure out for a new quilter like me 🙂 Any guidance appreciated.
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HI Andrea. I read above where she told someone to Google 16-patch block. That’s what I plan to do as well.
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Your quilt is so beautiful. You have inspired me. I have just finished a baby boy quilt with clouds and was very happy with the result. I wish your quilt came in a kit with the fabric.
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Thank you! Kits would be a great idea.
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Beautiful!!! Is this totally random placement?
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No – I made the quilt using 16-patch blocks. I carefully placed the fabrics and the blocks so that it was a pleasing mixture of the fabrics.
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Would love tohave this pattern
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How can i get this pattern.;
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Pat: you can make this kind of quilt with this pattern: https://beechtreelanehandmade.bigcartel.com/product/classic-checkerboard-quilt-pdf-pattern
Hope this helps.
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Can you tell me what designers made the fabric, it’s beautiful!
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Tammy: Gosh, all that information is right in the post.
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Where would I find the fabric for the peachy quilt. I have a grand baby coming in February and love this quilt.
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Donna: If you read the post, I have linked to all the fabrics! Hope this helps.
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Wonderful fabric design. I love this!
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For the quilt top, what color of thread did you quilt it with? Looks like it may be more than one color?
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No, I just used a natural white for the whole quilt top!
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Did you quilt this yourself? Was it a quilt as you go?
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