a Rolie Polie quilt . . .

I received an Alphabet Soup Rolie Polie and whipped up a quick little quilt for a babe due to arrive this month.

This Riley Blake line is so fun, and I'm always drawn to their fabric lines with bright colours.

Here's the directions if you want to make one yourself:

• divide the fabrics into two sets of 7 (I left the solid white strip out)
• sew the 7 strips together in each set
• cut up each set into 3 quilt blocks and square them off (mine were 14")
• lay out the blocks how you like, and sew them together.
• sandwich, quilt, and bind

I used a non-pill fleece for the backing and instead of binding it, I wrapped it to the front and machine-stitched it down.  This is a great way to finish off a quilt quickly.  And I like using fleece or minky for a baby quilt, because I can just skip the batting layer.  And the quilting is very forgiving because it sinks into the backing so nicely.

After washing, the finished measurement on this quilt was 40" x 27" ~ a great size to wrap up a little one, and have them drag it around with them when they get a bit bigger.