You Are My Sunshine

Our newest grandchild, Evalie, was born in March but planning for her quilt began much earlier.  Her parents always have a theme for the nursery.  They originally decided upon The Wizard of Oz.  After looking at the fabric available I alerted them that there wasn't much kid friendly fabric for a baby quilt.  After searching on their own they agreed.

So they decided on the song....."You Are My Sunshine".  They had an idea in mind for the quilt, so we sat down and I sketched it out with their input.

They told me they wanted the clouds to be something more three dimensional rather than just flat, and they wanted bright colors.   Without a pattern I had some trial and error to do to figure it out.  And I forgot to say that I didn't know if I needed a boy quilt or a girl quilt, so I planned to do both.

Because I was hoping for a girl, I decided to make the girl one first. A first look while still on my design board......

And a final project......

For the clouds I made it chenille by using four layers of fabric on top of each other, stitched about 3/8" apart, then cut three layers between stitching.  

The raindrops are appliqués , and I tried to make the quilting around them look like more raindrops. 

The letters are machine stitched using a blanket stitch.

I hope Evalie will cherish it forever!