Sprout Baby Quilt
My little Sprout baby quilt is the result of playing around with a pattern from Liz at Savor Every Stitch. Her pattern, Haphazard, is described as “a randomly generated pattern of half square triangles”. When you pull up the pattern, it will walk you through a few choices — colors, block size, etc. and at the click of a button, generate a pattern for you. It’s very easy to use right on her site, you can design a pattern of any size and color, and it’s free. All she asks is that you give her the credit for the pattern. Thanks for the fun, Liz. I enjoy this pattern very much!
For this little baby quilt, I used Kona Sprout (hence the name), Kona Maize, and Kona White.
Here’s a peek at the pattern I generated from Liz’s site.
Here is my finished quilt top. I wanted to take a photo of this little quilt outside today, but we had a downpour just before I finished, and everything was wet and muddy. Taking a photo on my quilt room floor just isn’t as nice, but it will have to do for now.
This little baby quilt measures 36″ square. The larger blocks finish at 6″ and the smaller at 3″. Did you notice that I tweaked the layout just a bit? I just had to mess with it a bit as I was putting it together.
I like the blend of the soft colors, and the pattern looks a bit improv, and you know I like that!
This was just a little make for fun. I’m in no hurry to finish it, so this will go in my UFO stack for now. However, I do have some thoughts on what to use for backing fabric.
This is my first DrEAMi project for July. I wonder how many other squirrels will visit before the month is done?
I hope you stop over and visit Liz and try her Haphazard pattern. It’s quite fun!
Linking up today with Beth at Cooking Up Quilts.
Wendy
42 Comments
Cindy Pieters
I like the soft colours of Sprout.
piecefulwendy
Thanks, Cindy!
Vicki in MN
Very interesting, I’ll have to go check this new design tool out. I love the sprout color:) You got a jump start on July so you can have more DrEAMI squirrels visit you, LOL
piecefulwendy
It’s a fun pattern to play with!
Riceford Streams
Haphazard is fun to play with. Thanks for sharing your little quilting adventure!
piecefulwendy
Thanks, Tracie!
My Sewful Retirement
I love your soft color fabric selection — perfect for a baby quilt! I also like the way the pattern uses two sizes of HST — I agree it does have an improv look to it.
piecefulwendy
Thanks, Karla!
Lisa J.
Thanks for sharing this fun process. Your little quilt is very lovely. I like the random layout.
piecefulwendy
Thanks, Lisa!
Nancy @ Grace and Peace Quilting
Cute little improv-looking quilt, Wendy! Squirrels already?!!!
piecefulwendy
Yes, squirrels already! Thanks!
Dione @ Clever Chameleon
Oh look, there’s a squirrel! I wanna chase that one! I love that pattern tool…. what fun, I think I need to find an excuse to use it. Thanks for sharing it and showing what you did.
piecefulwendy
Oh yes! Go play!
Barbara
Great design. It turned out very cute.
piecefulwendy
Thanks, Barbara!
Jayne
What a super fun quilt! And an interesting and very cool concept being able to pick a design and computer generate the pattern!
piecefulwendy
Thanks! It is a cool concept, and fun to play with.
Diann Bottrell
I have played with her Haphazard program, but never made anything out of it! Yours is so fun! I really like the different sizes of HSTs – it does look very improv. I’ve been squirreling this weekend, too! Hand stitching the binding on my Beothuk Star has been going on in the evenings, so I decided to just play with scraps at the machine. Fun!
piecefulwendy
Oh, can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to!
Denise
Awe that is really cute.
piecefulwendy
Thank you!
Karen Goad
that is a cute design and could be made in such a variety of ways by changing color
piecefulwendy
Thanks, Karen, and yes, so many options!
Frédérique
Your quilt is lovely, and thanks for sharing this great pattern generator!
piecefulwendy
Thank you!
Kathleen McCormick
You are a stinker! Your DrEAMi for July is already a top and such a cute one at that! You go girl…you will have a lot of squirrels if you have already started – they are nesting and breeding in your studio. Have a great 4th!
piecefulwendy
Haha! I’m ahead, for about a day! There is some shenanigans in my quilt room for sure!
Quilting Gail
SEW cute!!! I love how you are planning (maybe) to do several DrEAMi projects this month!!! Be careful – or that UFO pile will be huge and in danger of toppling over! 🙂 (ask me how I know!) 🙂
Happy Quilting! 🙂
piecefulwendy
Oh, it already is…😂
Beth @ Cooking Up Quilts
It’s the perfect little baby quilt Wendy! The colors work so well together, and I love that each pattern generated on Liz’s site is different. I’m looking forward to seeing all the squirrels that visit you this month! LOL
piecefulwendy
Thanks, Beth! More squirrels coming, I’m sure!
Sandra Walker
You are such a terrific squirrel babysitter, or chaser, or mama! Great little piece Wendy and in your favourite colour!
piecefulwendy
Thanks! I can do squirrels!
Louise Hornor
Liz’s pattern looks super in these soft colors! Such a sweet and modern baby quilt. Did you take the first pattern the program generated, or click a couple of times until one felt “just right”? I have a Haphazard quilt finally finished and need to get it blogged, too.
piecefulwendy
Thanks, Louise. I clicked through a few times, saved two and ended up with this one.
Cocoa Quilts
Wendy how have I not seen this tool from Liz? Your quilt is so cute. I’m headed over to play with the tool!!
piecefulwendy
Have fun!
Kate
Very cool! Congrats on a very pretty and fun project.
piecefulwendy
Thanks!
Andrée G Faubert
Hi Wendy, that’s a great little quilt. I like how you made some pinwheel blocks instead of random small triangles. It add a little dash of fun (pinwheels always do!) Liz’s random generator sounds great! Thanks for sharing.
piecefulwendy
Thanks! It’s a fun program to play with!