winnie the pooh parallel path quilt

the sweet little recipient of this quilt made their debut about a month ago, so it is only fitting that it finally gets shared!  this quilt was a first of its kind for me, and i am SO happy with how it turned out!

my cousin and his wife were expecting their first baby this summer (which made it the first grandkid on that side of the family) so i knew i wanted to do something fun.

last christmas, sarah got a lot of winnie the pooh themed things, so with baby coming, i knew i wanted to include that in the quilt.  after going to quiltcon and seeing this great pattern by sewbrainy designs, i wanted to use it, but i just wasn't quite sure how.  then, peak quarantine, i saw some of the scraps from the baby quilt i made for jackson FOUR YEARS AGO...  and the fabrics were just perfect.  after a little bit of stashbusting and a little bit of shopping, this cute little quilt was created! this quilt officially became my first project with curves, and i am OBSESSED.

it was a whole heck of a lot easier to do than i expected, and i didn't even use a glue stick to baste the curves like i had planned.  i actually put off doing it quite a bit solely for wanting to find a glue stick for it.  but i didn't.  and i lived to tell the tale.having the curves just be on one corner or another really helped ease in the concept without having to create a full circle.  i love the shape that it gave the quilt, and how it took off the rigidness of having a harsh sharp corner on all the blocks. i used the same quilting pantograph that i did on their wedding quilt (boardwalk wedding quilt) and not only was it fun to tie in to that connection, but the flow of the stitches went really well with the motion and movement of the blocks.  after completing the quilt top, i realized the yellow just stuck out a but too much and looked lonely, so the quilting is done in yellow along with the binding to frame it up.  i think it was the perfect amount of yellow that was needed for this quilt!

the best part of stashbusting was that after i made the front, i had just the right amount of winnie the pooh hexi fabric to piece the back together with a little splash of fabric from the front to offset the backing a little bit. despite all the chaos and shelter in place, i was able to give the quilt to jacob and sarah in person, which was such a fun thing to do!  2020 has been a royal mess, and i cannot wait for the day when it is safe to meet this little one that i've only been able to see teeny tiny phone photos of.

do i love this pattern?  absolutely!

i still plan to use it with my charley harper cats & raccs bundle that i bought at quiltcon.

just gotta get through my current "to do" list of baby quilt o' rama!

pattern info: parallel path by sewbrainy designs

quilt count: 137