Hello all!
Here's a little baby quilt I made for a friend's baby shower recently. I made up this little pattern myself. I don't have any fancy quilting program, I draw it out "old-school." :) On graph paper.
This little sweetie quilt finished about 50x50. Just the perfect size to snuggle with or to use as a play mat for the floor. As she grows as could also use it as a first toddler bed quilt. So many options! :)
Here's a quick picture of sewing the block together. I sewed the top and bottom over the square first, then sewed on the side strips. I laid them out on top of each other as I had it planned out on my design I wrote up. I then kept them in this order the whole time, and stacked the rows as I went.
I added this next picture to show you how I lay out the quilt.. and to show you a semi-picture of the back. I tape my quilt backing to the floor with masking/painters tape (whichever I have on hand). then I sandwich the batting and lay down the quilt top. I use pins to baste, but I don't have a picture of that.
The backing fabric came from Joann's. I found the cutest pennant fabric and a nice teal dot fabric that matched the colors of the front perfectly.
To quilt it, I did an echo quilting 1/4" around the insides and outsides of the boxes. I also stitched straight lines in the borders to make the corners cross into a grid pattern.
So sorry this picture isn't the best of the finished quilt... I finished it late one night and snapped a quick picture before I wrapped it up to give away. My friend (and the rest of the shower attendees) LOVED it. So excited to bless her little one with this quilt.
Have fun!
Jenny :)
