Argyle Baby Boy Quilt

Quilting has become one of the new skills I have been teaching myself.  I decided to start small.  This cute quilt was created using an easy applique method, with no real "quilting" besides attaching the appliques.

This quilt turned out to be super easy.  I started with a brown square of cotton, sewed a strip of the plaid to the top and bottom, then cut out the diamonds from different fabrics.  I went ahead and added the layer of batting, and a layer of baby blue flannel to the back.  

I wanted it to be puffy looking, so i didn't use any iron-on adhesive or finishing to the diamonds, just pinned them on and sewed twice around them, all the way through the 3 layers, so that the applique actually served as the "quilting."  I did the same for the strips of ribbon that go across the diamonds.  Then, I finished it with pre-made double-fold bias tape binding.

I hope to get into more challenging sewing methods, quilting methods, and binding methods, but for one of my first quilts, not too bad, huh?