Sunday Best

Someone I know is expecting a baby girl sometime in November, so I spent my autumn evenings working on a gift.

I'd purchased the pattern "Sunday Best" from a now-defunct shop called Cottonseed Glory that was located in Annapolis about twenty-five years ago and have made quilts for several little girls from that pattern.

For this one, I cut the background squares at 7-1/2 inches and the lattices finish at 1-1/2 inches. If you click on the photo, I hope you can see that the lattices are actually a sweet pink polka dot.

The dresses are all made from small pieces of Liberty and are hand-buttonholed with two strands of DMC. The binding is a floral print that resembles Liberty and is a bit sturdier.  

Hand-quilting is with pink thread. Don't look too closely at that.