baby quilts

A TaDa Moment! from The Cozy Quilter

This afternoon, I added the final stitches to my Winter Woods cross stitch! There were lots of little stars to add in the sky of several pictures and a bit of backstitching, but not very much. I love this picture and look forward to getting it framed to hang up somewhere in my house next winter. We have lots of snow right now, although not as much as many places north of us where roads have been closed for days on end as the snowplows try to clear the snow away.

I spent some time at the sewing machine this ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 hours, 55 minutes ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hand quilting , hiking , knitting , rainbow scrap challenge , scrappy quilts , sewing room , slow sunday stitching

My Favorite “Go To” Baby Quilt Patterns from Modern Sunbonnet Sue

Quilters like certain patterns to stitch for baby quilts. These patterns are conducive to smaller block sizes, juvenile cotton prints, and easy stitching. I have made a fair number of baby quilts over the years. One-patch blocks like 9-patch, tumbling blocks, or parallelogram shapes are classic designs. Alphabet blocks, animal blocks, and fussy-cut pieces for […]

added by Pamela 5 days, 2 hours ago. under 9-patch , baby quilt , baby quilts , charm squares , finishing the quilt , fon's & porter , patterns , riley blake fabric , scrap quilts , sisters in quilting (Comments)

It's finished! from Exuberant Color

I found a nice stripe in the mid-tone of the quilt for the binding and got it sewn on. This quilt is 39" square.

The backing is a grayed purple even though it seems to be brown in some lights. The quilt is much softer looking in person, not such high contrast.

I used Hobbs 80/20 in this quilt.

The close up shots show some of the colors in the quilt, like this green print.

There are browns, rust, blue and gold tones.

Burgundy check and a burnt orange are in this shot.

Up in the top left is ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week ago. under baby quilts , binding , flannel quilts , quilts made with triangles , stash

A little fabric therapy................ from Exuberant Color

I made my first fabric purchase this year. Yes, it's Tilda again and yes, it was pricey because it is a new line, but I needed a perk.

I bought the smallest pack available, fat 8ths plus 1/2 yard of my favorite fabric.

I finished quilting the baby quilt last night but haven't trimmed it yet. That will happen today and I'll find a binding fabric and hopefully get it finished.

I was just about out of the cookies in my freezer so it was time to bake something else. I love this cherry topped cake ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 1 day ago. under baby quilts , flannel quilts , food , quilts made with triangles , stash

I'm Still Quilting from Quilty Folk

I keep running out of time to write up this post. The 'Folksy Tree & Baskets' quilt top is finally finished! All the applique done and dusted.*sigh

Getting the birds stitched down

I am so thrilled about the birds on this quilt! They look very fat and happy.

And a finished quilt top!

It just feels like they make this very brown and blue quilt come alive.

So happy with the scrapped together
background fabric look

When all the birds, berries and leaves on the tree were attached, then I realized that the baskets needed just a little bit extra ...

added by audrey 1 week, 4 days ago. under baby quilts , basket quilts , finished quilt tops are the bomb , folksy trees and baskets , freehand applique , joy basket , joy series , log cabin quilt

Slow Stitching Report from The Cozy Quilter

I finished off the second diamond hand quilting this week and then started on the squares at the top of the Arizona quilt. I'm working on quilting a quarter inch along the gray background. As I quilt, I am thinking about what I am going to do next. I'm still undecided about whether to quilt a circle in the middle of each square...we will see.

I have finished the tree section now on my Winter Woods cross stitch. This picture was taken before I was quite done. The next section is started now. Who knows? Can I ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 weeks ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , embroidery , finn , hand quilting , slow sunday stitching

Slow Stitching Saturday! from The Cozy Quilter

Today was the annual Vice President's day at the Oxford Guild. Many quilters were working on Anita's Arrowhead blocks, a pattern chosen by our VP, but I decided to bring along some hand stitching to work on instead. Earlier in the week, I thread basted my Arizona quilt so that I could hand quilt it. I am using 28 wt grey Aurifil thread for big stitching. So far, so good!

I had several opportunities this week to add stitches to my Winter Woods cross stitch project. The deer is done and I also did the snowflake. I am ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 weeks ago. under arizona quilt , baby quilts , binding , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hand quilting , hand sewing , hiking , knitting , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

Arizona Quilt Top and Deer Stitching from The Cozy Quilter

I put my Arizona quilt blocks together and it is now a completed top--36"square. Before assembly, I remade a couple of the four patches. If you look closely, you can see that the cacti are now mirror images of the adjacent block in the next quadrant. Anal, I know, but I didn't like how it looked before.

I also worked on the walking foot quilting on the second potato chip baby quilt. It is about 3/4 done and I hope to finish it this week and get the binding on. One more of these tops to quilt ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 weeks ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , potato chip blocks , slow sunday stitching

Sewing Day with Friends from The Cozy Quilter

This has been a busy week in the sewing department! I have decided to rejoin the Rainbow Scrap Challenge again this year after a 1 year hiatus. My scraps are in bad need of being tamed! January's colour is pink so here are my two projects so far. I may add one more but I'm not sure yet. I have a pile of white 2.5" squares with small scale prints on them. I have had them for a few years and decided to use them for the centres of these hollow nine patch blocks each month. I ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 1 week ago. under baby gifts , baby quilts , books , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

A Finish and Cross Stitch Progress from The Cozy Quilter

TaDa! This quilt top was made at a Vice President's day quilting day at Oxford Quilter's Guild at least 3 years ago. The idea behind VP day is to work on a simple pattern chosen by the VP that can be finished in one day. I found the top in my UFO drawer and took it to one of my retreats in November where I pieced the back, pin basted it and did 3/4 of the quilting. This week, I finished the quilting and added an orange solid for the binding. This will go in the baby ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 1 week ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , oxford quilters guild , slow sunday stitching , zippered pouch

A Handful of Smaller Quilts from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

I thought I would have more quilts to share today but I ran out of prepared quilt labels.

I will have lots more to share once I get them labeled!

You might feel like you have already seen this little quilt. I did share its twin a few weeks ago. I received two of these happy quilt tops from Kristin. She also sent in this lovely pink butterfly flannel backing.

Yes, we STILL have some Happy Blocks to work through. This one is all about bugs and crawly things. I had this really thick gray fleece, and I wanted to ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under baby quilts , finished quilt , many hands and many hearts

Kissing Fish Baby Quilt from Modern Sunbonnet Sue

I started this baby quilt back in February with the plan of giving it to my best friend’s son & wife at their baby shower. I did finish the top, but didn’t have time to get it quilted. I sent it out to my long-armer, Rhonda, to quilt. I prepare special labels for my baby […]

added by Pamela 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilt , baby quilts , finishing the quilt , grandchildren , lee heinrich , scrap quilts , uncategorized (Comments)

Butterflies sewn................. from Exuberant Color

It turned out to not be as difficult as I thought it would be to assemble this quilt top. There were 4 partial seams. I added 3" strips all around so the butterflies would be surrounded by background fabric. It is 35" x 45". I'll check so see if I have enough of any of the bright prints for the backing.

The yellow Coneflower bloom is finally opened. We don't have any frost or freeze warnings at night for the next week so maybe another of the buds has a chance to bloom.

The plant has grown so ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , nature

Sections sewn.............................. from Exuberant Color

It was time to jump in and start piecing sections of the butterfly quilt. I'm just winging it so far and haven't pressed any sections yet.

I pieced more sections and then it came to a standstill while I stared at it and tried to decide how to sew the center section. I think there will be some partial seams to sew it all together. I need to press all of the sections that are sewn so I can accurately measure the spaces.

I went outside to check on some plants yesterday afternoon. The Lenten Rose plants are ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , nature

More Children's Quilts from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

Lots of quilts for kids are still flowing through the pipeline.

This fun little transportation quilt is one of the tops donated by Kristin. It is all flannel so it will keep a small kid toasty.

The plaid backing was gifted by Janet. I think she sent 6 or 8 yards, so I loaded up the entire piece onto my longarm and just added quilt top after quilt top.

This quilt measures about 39" x 42"

Jenny sent in this colorful fish quilt top. It was quilted the same time the quilt above was done. This is such a quick ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , many hands and many hearts

Little butterflies................... from Exuberant Color

It took 2 hours to sew 30 ~~Broken Dishes~~ Hourglass blocks, 2" finished size. This is a possible layout. I'll know more after I start assembling parts of it. There will be spacers of the same background fabric between the 'little butterflies'.

I spent an hour with garden clean up yesterday. It was cool enough that I needed a jacket. There were quite a few branches to pick up as well as pulling out the spreading bellflowers and goldenrod. I think I'll go out and clip the dead flower stalks on the hostas this year. I read you ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , triangles

Pesto Mushrooms from Sew Preeti Quilts

I have a new finish and I am so excited to show it to you!

Meet Pesto Mushrooms :-)

Pesto Mushrooms

When I was asked to make a Birthday Quilt for a 6-year old boy who loves the color Green and is fascinated with Mushrooms, I said Yes, please :-D

The Pesto (Green Fabrics) was the easy part. I wasn't sure how to incorporate mushrooms.

Pieced or Appliqued? Small or Large? A mix of large portabellas and tiny enokis?

I turned to EQ8 and found a template for mushroom applique. BINGO!!!! In EQ8, the dots are applique as well. I ...

added by Preeti 4 months ago. under applique , baby quilts , children's quilt , eq8 , lap quilt , mushroom applique , mushroom print , mushrooms , pieced backing , scrappy , scrappy quilting , striped binding , throw quilt

Another old WIP....................... from Exuberant Color

I posted this photo in 2008 and mentioned that I had made the blocks a couple years before that. There was a line of fabrics by SSI that was called Kid Stuff. I have a large collection of these fabrics plus some others that go well with them. I have considered putting them in a de-stash sale and I think I have a plan for how much of it I need to keep now.

I took a new photo of the completed blocks. I need to come up with a plan and get these made into a baby quilt with ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 4 months ago. under baby quilts

Nico's "Child's Play" Quilt from Colleen's Quilting Journey

Nico has a "Moss Green" nursery. I searched through my quilt fabrics to find something that fit that color scheme. The fabric line is Child's Play with Kate and Nate by Sheri Berry Designs. This fabric collection was the closest I had to Moss Green. It is a really cute boy fabric.

The white section looked a little empty, so I added leaves. I also like the quilting around the blocks.

The fabric I had for the back was just as cute as the fabric I had for the front. I like to do a scallop quilt pattern in ...

added by Colleen 4 months, 1 week ago. under baby quilts

The apples did not fall far from the tree from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

I've been totally lazing in bed this morning and not getting my butt up to write the blog! It's OK to be lazy every once in a while.

My presentations went well yesterday, except that I brought the WRONG cable for the projector, so I had to run out at lunch time to buy a new one. That irks me as I have plenty of these cables at home. So it's a lesson, don't just grab and put in the bag - double check the ends! I have no one to blame but myself.

At the end ...

added by Elaine 4 months, 4 weeks ago. under baby quilts , clothing , decluttering

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