Since Penelope was not playing nice and I was waiting for the upgrade to get done, I quilted this on my domestic machine Lucy. I used the Honeycomb quilting idea from Amanda Jean and I really love the way it turned out. It was super easy and quilted up fast. The only thing I did differently is that I used slightly different stitch lengths and widths.
I put some registration marks on each row with my disappearing marker and then just eyeballed it as I quilted to each mark.

I divided the print rows into 3 lines of quilting and then did 2 rows in each sashing strip an equal distance from each seam line and it ended up being perfectly evenly spaced down the entire quilt.

Yes the binding on this quilt also needs to be hand sewn to the back and it too will be done today during  that car ride to the family wedding.

For the back I used the same baby footprints print but the boyish version.

I'm linking up today with the Hands2Help linky party and Sarah's Friday Whoop Whoop linky party.

I followed the speedy quick Charm Squares Baby Quilt tutorial by Oh! Frannson and this is what I ended up with. I'm calling it Growing Hyacinths because that is the name of the shade of Purple Moda solid that I used plus I don't know of a single little girl who hasn't at some point in her growing years had an obsession with everything Purple. It is almost like a right of girlhood passage.

This is the very 1st quilt that I quilted on my longarm Penelope but this one was done pre-upgrade. I did a simple freehand swirls and loops and while it certainly isn't perfect, it works. I was surprised by the thread color I ended up choosing. I used Glide in Cool Gray 3.

The Gray thread really worked the best for blending with the majority of the fabrics while still showing the quilting a little. The subtle sheen of the thread adds just a tiny bit of sparkle in the sunlight.

For the backing I used the baby footprints fabric from the Grow With Me line.

Yes this quilt isn't 100% complete as I still need to finish hand sewing the binding onto the back but that will get done today while I ride in the car on the way to a family wedding. Then it will get washed so that it is nice and soft and will be sent on its way to its new owner. I'm linking up today with the Hands2Help linky party and Sarah's Friday Whoop Whoop linky party.

I'm also linking up to the Finish It Up Friday, TGIFF, Link-A-Finish Friday, Fabric Frenzy Friday and Show Off Saturday linky parties.