Ada's Quilt - Step Down Piecing using Wombat Wonderland by Saffron Craig

Ada’s Quilt: Step Down Piecing with Wombat Wonderland

This sweet little quilt combines a whole lot of Aussie inspiration. The fabulous fabrics are from Saffron Craig’s Wombat Wonderland collection which are 100% organic GOTS approved cotton. The pattern is a technique from Sarah Fielke’s Craftsy class, Big Techniques from Small Scraps. How adorable are those wombats?!

Ada's Quilt - Step Down Piecing using Wombat Wonderland by Saffron Craig

The larger squares were fussy cut from Wombats in my Garden and complemented by Sunrays, Flower Spot and (my favourite) Triangles. The smaller dark squares are from Wombat Lovehearts, there was the occasional bit of wombat surgery, creating some of my favourite details with wombats wandering in and out of their little windows.

Wombat Wonderland

I used strips of the same range for the back, including Sunflower Garden which was too pretty to cut up for the front.

Ada's Quilt Back

I finished up the top a couple of weeks ago, you can read more about the technique and the rest of Sarah’s class in my previous post. The top came with me on a long weekend away where it was basted and I began the hand quilting, approximately 1/4″ inside each of the squares.

Hand Quilting & Embroidery

The quilting was done in bursts over a few weeks, once I started each session I didn’t want to put it down. I really enjoyed this process and found Sarah’s technique easy to pickup and really enjoyable, when you get into a groove it is quite meditative. The result of using organic cottons and hand quilting is a beautifully soft baby quilt.

I love the striped binding, reminds me of liquorice all sorts (yum!)

Stripey Binding

This quilt was gifted to a work friend whose baby girl arrived in January. In place of a label I hand embroidered her name and the year. I hope it’s used and loved for some time to come.

Ada's Quilt

  • megan

    What a beautiful finish! Love the colors and the pattern. Nice work!

  • SusannahH

    Lucky baby!!!

    • I’ve been told she loves her new quilt, always good news.

  • I’ve just been sent a couple photos of little Ada enjoying her quilt, massive warm fuzzies!

  • Angela @ Heart of Charnwood

    Beautiful- and i love that fabric, i didn’t see it until after it seemed to disappear from the shops which is a real shame- its perfect for fussy cutting!

    • Fussy cutting the wombats was so much fun. The line is still available through online stores and directly through Saffron’s site to – http://saffroncraig.com/collections/

      • Saffron Craig

        Thanks Jessica for sharing the link. :)