baby quilt Archives - Spindles Designs by Mary and Mags

I have an acquaintance whose wife just a had a baby girl after two boys.

He is so proud of her and shows new pictures every time I see him.

Out of the blue I decided that I wanted to make something for the baby. I love to make gifts. So I set out to see what was in my stash of fabric and so
forth that I could make a nice gift.

A number of years ago I purchased several very soft fleece receiving blankets at a yard sale that were brand new with blanket stitching around the outside edge. Great! I had a white one. It’s a girl I couldn’t use the blue or green that I had as well. I have a book with several patterns that are perfect for babies.

I chose a Happy Sun to applique and started sorting through my flannel
scraps for soft colors that might work.

In about 90 minutes from start to finish I had this cute receiving blanket finished and I love it when I can use up my stash. It makes room for more.

Just a note, soft fleece goes on sale often. For a great price you can purchase a yard and blanket stitch the outside edge to have on hand for when you need a quick baby gift.

I am giving it to him tomorrow.

Mary Ellen

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Just after my daughter was born the quilt group we go to made me some adorable blocks to be made into a little quilt. Well, it has been two years and I have finally finished the quilt. I chose to use it as my first official quilting project, not just practice squares anymore. I found some fleece in my stash to use for a back and got to it. I was too self conscious to just go without a guide or direction so I drew pretty much everything I was going to quilt. I found that after a while, I would get impatient with myself, thinking it should be going faster. I have lots of mistakes that could be picked out and fixed, but I don’t have the patience to pick it out. In the end I was pleased and thought it turned out really well for my first project.

As the quilt is for Savannah, I put her name on it!

I did not want to stipple the entire quilt, in fact I only stippled one block. I do like how it turned out though, I may use more of this technique on future projects.