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

Not just a Long Arm Quilter --- I Sew too!

I made this cute little baby blanket from my quilting fabric and just added flannel fabric to the back side.  That's a "recipe" for a great baby blanket. I have several customers who don't sew --- I sew for them!

Here's how I made the baby blanket: 

I cut 2 pieces of fabric approximately 26" X 39". Just need to make a rectangular size. I pressed/ironed both pieces, so they were nice and flat.  Placed them with right sides (pretty sides) together and then lined up the edges and stitched with a seam allowance of 3/8" on all 4 sides leaving an opening about 4" to 5" in the middle of one side. Note:  If your fabric is shifting as you sew -- use pins!  I clipped the corners. That makes less bulk, when I turned it inside out.  I turned it inside out and carefully poked out each corner from the inside.  Pressed/ironed it again.  Then I top stitched with a coordinating thread color. As I top stitched, I made sure I pressed in the edges at the turning opening and stitched it closed.

Sorry no photo so the process, but here are photos of the completed baby blanket from different angles.

I used some of the fabric to make baby burp cloths to match the baby blanket.

Then I decided I needed more!

They look great all together! Another happy customer.

Link to the free instructions on how to make the baby burp cloths. Click here.

Yes I do sew and quilt!

Enjoy your day!
Marcia

Take a Look Back --- "Reconstruction Projects"

This is part of a series of posts titled:  "Take a Look Back". I am celebrating 10 years in the long arm quilting business. (And 10 more to come!)

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Reconstruction Quilt Projects

Do you have an old quilt that you would like reconstructed?

 Make it a new quilt!

In this post, I will be sharing some before and after pictures of a reconstruction quilt project, that I have completed several years ago. Since I did not date my photos in the early years, I am going to guess that this project was from 2004.

I want to emphasize that this is reconstruction, not restoration project! These reconstruction projects prove that even the rattiest quilts, which you might have fond childhood memories of, but are tucked away in a closet have the potential to be "recrafted" into beautiful new reconstructed quilts.

The Before Pictures:

Taking the quilt apart.

Starting to machine quilt the quilt!

After Photos: 

The finished reconstruction of the vintage quilt with machine binding!

Just a note:  I am taking a look back at quilts and quilt projects from the past 10 years.  This is the best full view photo I could find.

I am going to have fun taking a look back over the past 10 years of my long arm quilting business.  I hope that you will enjoy it too!

Taking a look back!

Marcia