I’ve been trying very hard to not bore everyone silly with baby projects here, but I just had to share my latest find
I picked up a half-yard of this adorable print the other day at one of my favorite quilt shops:

I love how the colors work with the other pastel prints I had previously put together for one of the baby quilts.  The plan is to cut apart some of the motifs and then “frame” them with fabric to use in the quilt.
I’ll share another picture when it’s a little further along…
image: C Findlay-Harder

When you say the word “cartoon” most people think of the funnies in the paper, but there are different kinds of cartoons – just for fiber artists!
Cartoons are a paper drawing or guideline that weavers and fiber artists use to guide their work.  You can go for a detailed, scale drawing or just a rough sketch.
In this case, I’m using a cartoon to help my decision making about the number of squares in a baby quilt.
I shared a few different fabric picks in my fabric post yesterday and I’ve decided that I’m going to use the cloud print and yellows …read more

I’ve been itching to start working on baby projects and I thought it would be fun to start with a quilt (or three, or ten…)
I decided to take a look through my stash and see what I could find that work work for a simple quilt.  Nothing too fancy – after all, it’s going to get well used!
Here’s my first pick – traditional pastels, soft, pretty and a little more delicate:

Since I don’t know if I’m having a boy or a girl, I think it would probably be better not to go overboard with the floral prints.  The yellow or …read more

Sandy inquired about machine quilting and baby quilts.
I bought a pre-printed baby panel. I want to machine quilt through all 3 layers of material….my question is how do you stitch around all of the designs? Do you have to use a free motion foot? Thanks.
 Does anyone have suggestions about how Sandy could do this?
I’d say she’d have best results with a free motion foot.  However, when I made baby quilts, in days before I could get a free motion foot, I did manage to stitch around designs with a regular presser foot.  You needed time and patience and space to maneuver, …read more

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“I’m patching patches!” exclaimed my daughter.
She was repairing the quilt or “blankie” I made for her son when he was born 13 years ago.  It was crib blanket size in rail fence design.  The colors were predominately green and yellow.
I recall, as we waited for Alex to arrive, his 4-year old sister Kara and I sat on their living room floor tying the quilt.  “Getting it ready for baby,” we said.
Daughter Beth used this for him from the time he arrived home from the hospital.  The quilt has followed Alex wherever he’s gone.  When it began to wear, Beth appliqued …read more

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 Making quilts and coverlets for children and grandchildren has been a legacy from mothers and grandmothers for decades.  My grandmother hand stitched quilts for my three siblings and me. In fact, I still have that bed size quilt I helped her make although it’s quite worn and loved.
I made Rail Fence quilts for my grandchildren.  In fact, my then 4-year old granddaughter helped me make the one for her brother.  He toted that around with him for years, and his mom had to repair it with patch over patch over patch.
Tracee Sioux of Blog Fabulous has a delightful post, Blankie = Matriarchial Hug, …read more