Ring Around the Rosy quilt and Divided Basket

 I got my baby quilt done early that was my OMG for August at Elm Street Quilts.

I really needed to get a move on it with this quilt and basket. When I originally decided to sew a quilt for my coworker, I did not even know that she was having a shower. Then, all of a sudden, an invitation appeared in my mail bin at work. That left me about 3-4 weeks to get the whole thing done. Plus, we have been going camping so there were days that I could not work on it. But I did achieve my goal.

This is the quilt outside on my bush. I pieced the top using the Ring Around the Rosy pattern from Charming Baby Quilts by Melissa Corry

 

 For the background, I decided to use Powder Blue Grunge

I had actually won a $50 Gift Certificate at Mountain Creek Quilters.

I purchased the Powder Blue Grunge, along with some other fantastic items from their shop. I, also, ordered the thread from the shop that I used to quilt this. I had just ordered the fabric before getting the shower invitation and they had super-fast shipping so it worked out great.

Here is a closer photo on my swing in my backyard. I used Noah's Ark fabric which I thought was very colorful. But there were a few low volume prints so I guess that made me decide to use the blue background instead of white. It was easy enough to quilt just by doing a cross-hatch from corner to corner in the blocks.

Also, for the back of the quilt, I decided to use the panel that was part of the same collection. I just loved the alphabet and animals. I was a little unsure of what color to "frame" the panel with. In the end, though, I think the gray color worked out ok. I figure that it may sometimes get dirty if it's laying on the floor so I didn't want to use white. 

 I had purchased fat quarters so that I would make this Divided basket. I think that these baskets are useful and it makes a nice gift, by putting the diapers in them.

 

The front and back of the basket was a darker color Grunge that I had in my stash. I did not have exactly enough of this blue Grunge so, if you can see, I used a piece of the light blue raindrops to piece the front of the basket (underneath the pocket). It worked out fine that way.

Here they are together on my swing. These gifts have been presented to the Soon-to-be Mom at the shower this past Sunday. I think that they will be useful gifts for any new Mom.

I am linking this finish to Let's Make Baby Quilts August 2020, also.

 Needle and Thread Thursday