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Thursday, October 10, 2013

One Tiny Baby Quilt for One Tiny Baby Girl

This tiny baby quilt measures 20" by 26".  I made it for a very tiny baby.  I can't remember exactly, but I think Lainey Marie only weighed 4 pounds, when she was born in June. She arrived 2 months early.


I quilted all sorts of baby words all over the quilt.  I triple stitched the words to make them stand out. 


 Each square only measures 2 inches in the finished quilt.  I started with 21/2 inch squares.  I cut pink and yellow and cream squares in a variety of baby fabrics including some flannels.

I scattered the squares.  First I stitched two squares together and then made them into four patches with the lights and mediums opposite.

When I stitched them together I really didn't try to match them up too much, because some of the mediums really look light.  It didn't matter it was a scrappy quilt.

I really had fun with the quilting.  I chained double stitched hearts in the border.

I had fun looking up nick names for babies to stitch on the quilt.






I managed to stitch alot of nick names on such a tiny quilt.

Lainey's Grandma loves turtles, so I had to include Turtle Dove.


 I machine embroidery stitched the binding.


I stitched in the corner --- Made with love by Marcia and Ritch.   Lainey Marie is our cousin's grandbaby!

I folded the tiny baby quilt and slipped it into a one gallon zip lock bag, when I sent it through the mail back in June. That shows you how small the tiny baby quilt was. 



 Enjoy!

 Marcia
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4 comments:

  1. VickiTOctober 10, 2013 at 7:32 AM

    That's an adorable little quilt. Gosh, it's been so long since I held a baby that tiny. One of my twins weight only 3 lbs when he was born. His little bottom was swimming even in the preemie diapers and back then (1986)you couldn't buy them in the stores. I had to order the preemie diapers by the case direct from Pampers who, at that time was also the only company who sold those tiny diapers.

    I love the wording you placed around the quilt. Super cute. Beautiful job which I'm sure the parents just love.

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  2. nancy b.October 10, 2013 at 9:33 AM

    What a great idea, love the quilted words and keepsake info stitched in...can't fade with the washing. This will be a treasured keepsake, I'm sure.

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  3. Val's Quilting StudioOctober 10, 2013 at 12:14 PM

    Marcia I LOVE this quilting!!!LOVE IT!

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  4. Tami COctober 10, 2013 at 3:17 PM

    How sweet! What an adorable keepsake for her parents!

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