Half Square Triangle Baby Quilt

After my trip, I had to finish up a baby quilt that I had been working on for one of my daughter's friends.  After three boys, she is finally having a girl, so I wanted to make something for her that was very pink.

I wanted to use fabrics from my stash because I thought that I had a lot of pinks.  But when I actually looked at my fabrics, not all of the pinks went together very well.

I found a layer cake (10" squares) that had some pink butterflies and gingham check in it so I make a lot of the blocks from that.

I decided on half square triangles and I just love how it turned out.  

The pinks have a bit of a salmon color to them and I did find some prints in my stash that coordinated well.  She loved the quilt.  I quilted some flowers and swirls in it to make it look very girly. 

When I got back from my trip, I had to have the quilt ready just a few days after my trip. I wasn't thinking about how tired I would be from the jet lag.  Ha ha - I need to work on my time management a bit more.  But I did get it done!  

I loved working with the half square triangles and now I would love to make more quilts from my stash.  But I might need to buy more pink fabric for some new projects ideas.  :)

 

A Special Baby Quilt

This is a baby quilt that my daughter started a few months ago for her baby.  She picked out the fabrics from my sewing room stash and sewed charm squares together to make a pretty quilt.  Because she doesn't have a sewing machine at home, she worked on it when she came over to visit.

I helped her cut out the squares and she sewed them together into rows.  She picked out pretty pinks, some old and some new fabrics and some soft teals along with some teal-colored minky fabric.  I like how the colors all blend well together.  

Once the squares were all sewn together, she never got a chance to come and finish it.  So I found a pretty bright pink for the border and finished up the quilt to give to her at the baby shower that I had for her at my house.  I put soft pink minky fabric on the back with no batting in between the layers and quilted it along the edge of each of the rows.  This blankie is SO soft and warm.  I just know the baby will love cuddling up in it.

The special part about this quilt is that we both worked on it together.  My daughter started it and I finished it up for her.  My daughter is not much of a quilter, and that is what makes this little baby quilt so special.  

 

Purple Baby Quilt #2

Of course, I didn't just make one quilt for my soon-coming grand daughter!  Here is a photo of Quilt #2.  I wanted a quilt that was a bit smaller for snuggling a little baby in.  You can also see the pretty backing that I used on the first quilt.  It's also part of the Wilmington fabric collection.

This quilt is a simple 4-patch quilt with border strips.  Sometimes I love making simple quilts that are easy to finish!  I love how these colors came together.  I chose a white fabric with a soft gray print on it for the borders.  Then I added the paisley print for the outer border.

For the quilting, I quilted in rows along the edges of the borders.  I love the simplicity of it and think it makes a nice baby quilt.  I do have to admit that I had to make a second trip to the quilt shop to buy more fabrics!  :)

 

Purple Baby Quilt #1 and Dolly

For the past few months I have been sewing some things for my daughter, who will be soon having a baby girl.  We went shopping at some local quilt stores and she picked out these pretty purple fabrics for me to make her a quilt.  They are a collection called Wild Blush from Wilmington Prints.

One of my favorite things to match the quilts is this little "Dolly."  I got the pattern from Joann's.  It's a Simplicity pattern, #1900.  The pattern had embroidered eyes, but I didn't like them so I added some felt circles and I think she has a cuter face.  

Here's a photo of Dolly posing on one of the quilts that I made.  I sewed some 3" strips together and cut the rows into rectangles.  

I added the baby's name on the bottom so that she can hang the quilt over the side of the crib to decorate the baby's room.  I found the letters online and sewed them down with a zig-zag stitch.  I did an all-over free motion stitch on the quilt.  

You see the rows close up here.  I love the fabrics, especially the ones with paisley patterns.  The collection had a lot of nice coordinating fabrics in the line.

I love how Dolly matches the quilt.  What do you think so far?  (Hint: there's more to come)

 

Jungle Fever Baby Quilt

Last month we were supposed to have a baby shower for a woman that work with. She's having a little boy and said that her theme was elephants.  I looked around in my craft room and found this cute elephant panel and decided to make a baby quilt for her.

I added some colorful pinwheels along the edge of the panel and then made a strip of squares for the top and bottom of the quilt.  I picked the colors from my stash and thought they matched so well with the panel.

Then I added a dark blue strip to frame in the panel.  And surprisingly I had some elephant fabric that matched the panel that I used for the borders. 

I used the same blue for the binding and just love how it all turned out.  It was my first time working with a panel and I was unsure how it would turn out, but now I feel like I can use panels in my quilts without fear! 

I pieced the back using the elephant fabric.  So cute, right?

Of course, I had to make a card to match.  :)

I took it over to her house last week to give the quilt to her and she just loved it.  I can't wait to see pics of her new baby on it. 

Teepee Baby Quilt

This past weekend was pretty hot here for upstate New York.  We aren't used to weather above 100 degrees and frankly, I don't really care for it when it's too hot.

So I decided to stay home in the air conditioning and work on a baby boy quilt set.  I had picked up some really cute fabric last year on my Shop Hop and took it out to make a baby quilt.  One of my daughter's friends is having a baby boy in a couple of months and I thought it would be fun to work with this cute fabric.

I cut the fabric strips into different widths and sewed them together for the quilt front.  Originally I had some orange strips in this, but didn't really like how it looked.  So I took them out and replaced them with the dotted teal.

I like how the colors are more cohesive now.  I layered it with some backing and batting and quilted straight lines in the rows.  I really like how it turned out.

I was running out of fabric for the backing, so I sewed what was left of the brown fabric to the top and bottom of the quilt.  It kind of frames it in and I like how it looks.

Then I worked on some matching bibs and put terry cloth on the back.  I love this bib pattern and like how these can be used for a long time.

I then finished off the gift set with some matching washcloths.  The more I worked with this cute fabric, the more I liked it.  I hope the recipient likes her baby set.  :)

Baby Blanket & Accessories

A few weeks ago I bought a new desk for my sewing room.  The old one was very narrow and didn't fit my sewing machine very well.  So now that I have a nice place to sew I have been in my sewing room working on things and actually finishing up some projects!  I know, don't faint.  Sooner or later I do finish things.  Mostly the later.

One of our family friends had a baby last week and I made this cute little quilt for her.  I started it about a month ago and didn't finish it in time for her shower, but I feel good that the baby is only a week old and I have the gift done! 

I had all of the fabrics in my stash.  I used the girl with the fox image on the fabric as the focal point and worked in some cutesy colors to coordinate with her. 

The pattern was pretty simple and it went together in just a couple of days.  I would definitely make this pattern again. 

And then in my spare time (!) I made some matching bibs with terry cloth on the back.

I found a pattern for some little shoes and decided to try it out.  They came out cute, but I think they took as long as the quilt did to make!  They were very tiny and I had a hard time fitting them und3er my sewing machine.  Mostly I had to sew them by hand.  They may be the first and the last pair that I make -ha ha. 

Here are the bibs with the shoes.

And here is the entire gift.  I hope she likes it!