A friend of mine traveled with her sister to China last month to bring home her newly adopted niece. I had the wonderful opportunity of running into them all on the street and meeting Xin, a beautiful almost two year old with a huge smile. I immediately started scheming on this quilt for her.
It’s the Bento Box pattern by Tracey Brookshier, finished size 45″ x 45″. The color formula is very simple and fun. 9 fat quarter pairs of light and dark valued fabrics. Nancy made one of these awhile back (can’t find the post! but here’s her lovely gallery of quilts, the Bento Box is the last one on the second row). She advised me to have a lot of contrast between the fabrics in the pair so the pattern doesn’t get muddled when everything is mixed up. Excellent tip!
Label created using Printed Treasures. I machine sewed this on from the back through all the layers of the quilt. I anticipate it being washed a lot and I was afraid hand sewing would not be durable. I put the thread I used for quilting the front into the bobbin and the stitches blended nicely. Next time, if the heavens part and I remember, I’ll sew the label onto the back before quilting!
Have a fabulous weekend!
LOVE it!!!!
What a lovely version of this quilt. I’ve mostly seen this done in solids, & am very taken with the great energy all those patterns bring. Plus, LOVE the L loops!
beautiful! no other word would be appropriate…
That. Is. Gorgeous. I want one for myself!
I love those colors for a little girl. So fun and bright.
I can’t think of a more beautiful welcome quilt–it just exudes warmth and cheer. And it REALLY makes me want to make this pattern which has been on my back burner for a couple years. Thanks for the push.
this is just a beautiful quilt. Love the colours, the energy of it. Looking at it makes me happy!
gorgeous, kathy! i love the pinks and oranges together.
What a wonderful gift! Really like the polka dot backing, I do not have enough words to say how fabulous I think this quilt is
Absolutely fabulous is all I can say!! I love these fabrics. As a mom who has been home just over 6 months with a new son, I can say that I’m sure this quilt will be treasured- and adding the label was a beautiful touch.
i really, really, REALLY love this quilt.
oh kathy that quilt is beautiful. what a nice gift.
julie
Unbelievably beautiful! I love it!
Nice job getting all those blocks to match up perfectly. I love the colors.
Hey neighbor I’m in Silverdale!!!
You’re quilt is AMAZING! I would be stoked to receive this as a gift, whether I’m 2 or 23 yrs old
It’s beautiful! The fabric choices are amazing…what a lucky girl!
How lucky Xin is to have you as an admirer-friend! Wow. That is the most beautiful quilt I have ever seen.
A gorgeous and wonderful quilt. It must be so hard letting a fine piece of craft/art out of your possesion, but then again, I really love to give, so I guess I understand after all.
Orange and pink is one of my favourite colour combinations and this is just stunning! What a lucky little girl she is – in so many ways!!
Kathy, It is so beautiful. You always stun us with your creations.
Well done on yet another gorgeous quilt.
Rosalind
Kathy, you have just inspired me to make a baby quilt for a friend. Love your quilt!
Wow Kathy! It’s a beauty! I love the colors!
Spectacular use of color! Major WOW factor! Your work really strikes a chord with me—simply *gorgeous.* Thanks for taking the time to generously share with us in blogland. What a TREAT!
Bee-you-ti-ful! I LOVE it! And she will, too, I’m sure. Fabulous work. I hope to try that design someday…
really gorgeous!
How talented are you! Beautiful.
So beautiful!!!
Beautiful, I love the fabric choices!!
The quilt is beautiful and inspiring!
Wow! Beautiful colors. Great label, too. I can’t get the printable fabric to go through my printer, and it’s making me crazy. I gave up for a while. Also, you used a cute font. — Michele
This quilt is just BREATHTAKING!!!!!
It’s absolutly stunning. I love the way you mixed up together the orange and pink.
I’ve never been a big fan of orange but I’m a convert now!
I adore your work! And this is one of my favourites!
Kisses from Portugal
Ana
Absolutely beautiful quilt!
Beautiful! I love oranges and pinks together!
Gorgeous. A keepsake for sure!
You are so inspiring!! What a lovely quilt with so much energy (just like the little girl, I suspect!)!
I saw a statistic last week mentioning how many more quilters there are today in the US than there were 10 years ago…and you’re among them!
Thanks for sharing….
wow.
incredible.
that quilt is absolutely gorgeous.
what a treasure.
I love the pink and orange together. And it has a sort of Asian feel. My husband and I are also adopting from China. We’ve been in the process for almost two and half years now. Sometimes it seems like it will never happen. Maybe I should start a quilt to fill the time!
I love these colours and I think it’s a great design as well.It’s a beautiful quilt. But, it leads me to ask this queation-I’m really new to the quilting world, so is there someone who can tell me about copyright-how do you all know which designs belong to everyone (ie the traditional quilt blocks) and which ones don’t. If any new quilter wanted, for example, to sell a quilt, would that not be possible if they had seen the same design elsewhere. can anyone advise me?
That’s really beautiful! Great job on the bento box quilt… I think those colors are great. I’m sure Xin will love it.
this is a beautiful gift.
what a wonderful idea! I am also mother of an Asian child. I can not imagine a better present than this one. I would have loved to receive something like this on the occasion of her “birth”. she would love to have something so special made just for her. You must have a heart od sugar – as my daughter would say!
I just love the colour combination of this quilt. I would never have thought to put those colours together and yet they look so nice.
I love the red and orange combination. Very beautiful! She will treasure that quilt forever!
[...] I want to thank each of you for the thoughtful comments left on my last post. The sentiment of the quilt was very powerful indeed. Bigger than I understood myself. I believe all of the goodness in your words will travel along with this special gift. [...]
from Aunt Johanna- just got word from my sister that she got the box with the quilt on Saturday and “loves it” of course! She knew exactly who you were Kathy, and was so impressed that you could just whip up a quilt like that. It is a gift that is so unique and yet fits Xin to a tee. I can’t wait to go see her curled up with it. Thank you so much, and thank you all for your wonderful comments. Adoption is truly a community event!
Stunning quilt Kathy made of warm oriental colours. Such a wonderful gift!
Darling! Bravo! Absolutely perfect!