Quilts for Babies

Over the last couple of months I've had the chance to make two baby quilts for little girls. I love smaller quilts, they make me feel like I accomplished something in a shorter period of time. They also allow me to dive into new fabric piles right away.

I'm not going to win any photography awards for these pictures but I wanted to share them with you anyway. It happened to be rainy and gloomy when I finished both - and they needed to be wrapped and gifted right away.

I made this first quilt mostly with fabric from Sarah Jane Studio's line, Out to Sea. I did incorporate some others from my stash....some pink and white dots from Children at Play, a navy print from Sandi Henderson's Secret Garden, a yellow stripe from Cloud 9's Simpatico, a yellow cross hatch as well.

I used another squares-in-squares design, I hope you aren't tired of those yet! Actually, these blocks came from my Lemon Squares quilt pattern (free!). I just didn't use any white on this smaller quilt. I backed the quilt with minky to make it super soft and quilted it with wavy lines. I think it will be perfect for fall and winter in Chicago.

This next quilt is for a little girl I met in SLC at the Sewing Summit. I pulled an assortment of fabrics from my stash for this one. I wanted the quilt to be feminine without screaming "I'm a girl!!" Hopefully that came across in my color selections. I chose a modern, wonky cross design.

Somehow I've never made a wonky cross quilt before, only blocks. I had a lot of fun with this one. The quilting is random straight lines. I wanted it to stay nice and soft after lots of washing.