Gold and Pink Baby Quilt

One of my young friends is expecting her first baby. She is having a girl!  So, I asked her what she wanted for a baby quilt and she said "pink and gold."

Gold.  As NOT a Christmas color, I was challenged to find some.  Found this piece at Missouri Star online, and the charm pack had a nice selection of pinks and other pastels, which in turn suggested the pattern for the quilt.

I admit, this needed to be a "fast" quilt, since quilting time is so limited with work, grand-baby and life!

Just for fun, I made a quick flannel receiving blanket in yellows, pinks and donuts! 

AYOQ: ALL HALLOWS EVE QUILT FOR BABY

This is the final of the twelve first months quilts made for my Grandson. Don't know why I saved this for the last. I had the idea and plan in my mind for some time.  I guess I was collecting strips and waiting for some chunks of time.  The back of this great quilt is some red and orange flames on black, and was a gift to me from Shannon, my Co-Grandma. So this, the final quilt, is a joint effort!

This is a fun quilt to make!

I guess the only thing left to make now is his first birthday quilt!  hahahahahsa

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AYOQ: Baby Autumn Disappearing Four Patch Quilt

A little split 4-patch with the golds and reds of autumn!

The fabrics are from a charm pack and include leaves, little turkeys and pilgrims. The scale is very small, so you need to get pretty close before you recognize the little designs.

AYOQ: Baby Speedster Baby Quilt

I have really enjoyed this block; a snowball/bright hopes variation.  The circles!  Made for the grandson-to-be, the fabric collection named "Speedster" had little race cars, tires, numbers, circles and chevrons. I quilted "in the ditch" and around the border.  It has a light weight poly batting, for a really hugable feel.  The backing is a great JoAnn's Fabric sale chevron in red, white and light blue.

Thanks to Woody, my next-door-neighbor's grandson for holding the quilt for it's photo, and Olivia the pug for photo-bombing!

AYOQ: Baby Sailboats

This is the "June" quilt for my Grandson Zeke. His father is an avid fisherman and boat enthusiast. So when summer rolls around, every weekend finds him fishing or cruising the shores of San Diego.

I purchased the "water" and the borders on the annual quilt run.  The backing of this little quilt includes cartoon sharks.

The sails were solid charms. and the boats were scraps from a great wood grain!  This quilt is darling!
Update: In September 2015 the baby's home was devastated with a fire. This quilt was smoke damaged, but the insurance company will try and repair it. I hope so, it was my favorite of the 12!

AYOQ: Red, White and Blue Baby Quilt

This patriotic little quilt was made with scraps from the patriotic box. The block is called Ribbon Star. The neutrals is a pair of fabrics from Anaheim many years ago.  One says DEMOCRAT and the other REPUBLICAN. I alternated blocks and the red corners or blue corners.  They are 9 inch blocks and I got the idea from my perpetual calendar (Jan. 31!) A small 1 7/8" border (That's exactly how much fabric I had in the stars pattern!) and a nice striped binding.

This is "JULY" for Baby Zeke's first year of quilts!

AYOQ: Surfer Baby for my Grandson

Liked the last one so much, had to make another!

AYOQ: Baby Braids

This little quilt was made with a charm pack and some 5" squares plus about a yard or less of grey fabric. The pattern is cut with a 5" half hexie template, then arranged braid style in 4 columns. I loved the ultra modern stylish colors and I like this braid style.

Smug baby!

AYOQ: Around a Baby's World

I found a fat quarter in San Antonio while visiting my Dad, a white with tiny baby bottles and phrases like "Got Milk?" and "Milk, It's what's for dinner!"  "Milk, It's not just for Babies" and other such cute things.  I coupled it with a charm pack hat had little garden/farm scenes and a baby blue with tiny fruits and veggies.  The idea was "Around the World" but frankly, the colors didn't make a very strong statement.  In any case, it works as a early springy baby crib quilt for a boy!  Since I am having a winter grandson.....

My Springtime Baby! 

AYOQ: Blue and Yellow Baby

This started out as a split 9 patch based on 5 inch squares.  5 of them were with 5 of one colorm, 4 of another, and then 4 patches were the opposite.    It wasn't very interesting though.  So I split each block into 4 pieces diagonally and then switched them up and back together.  because of the mechanics I was ONE 5' square short to complete the pattern.  I COULD have cut another row, but instead I decided to root through the 5" squares drawer.  A red square hollered at me.....

Obviously, there is half a red colored block in my scrap blocks collection now! UPDATE: The scrap block was remade into a place mat for Big Sister Miranda!

AYOQ: Let It Snow!

When you are born in December, you'll be needing a nice warm quilt for the winter months.  Although it doesn't snow at the beach in San Diego, we can always imagine!  Backed in soft flannel that was a hand-me-down from the collection of a friend's grandmother, this whimsical quilt will delight for many years.

AYOQ: Puppy Love

This darling quilt is a charm pack (named puppy love!) and a yard of grey fabric. The grey was also cut into 5" squares and each pair rendered 4 HST's. Then it was just a matter of lining them up into the zig zag pattern.  The bottom row is half red and half black cause that's how the charm pack colors were distributed. I did add a few random black/white hearts to make the white rows complete.  The borders are the same width as 1 of the HST's. (I think about 3 1/4")  It is stitched in the ditch between each block, with 3 rows in each border about 1 1/2 inch apart.

The fabric has motifs of hearts, dogs, paw prints.  The binding is a quarter yard of white paw prints on red I bought some time ago at JoAnn's.
This will be for the first Grandbaby! (Due in December.) Good for a boy or a girl!

AYOQ: Bluework Baby Quilt

Starting of course with his Hand Stitched Bluework!  Welcome beautiful baby. I started this quilt, along with another one in redwork, for the baby before I knew if I would be welcoming a boy or a girl. It is hand embroidered and hand quilted. I did a lot of the hand work while staying with my father in Texas.

It's A Boy!

AYOQ: December

Welcome, Beautiful Baby! Just a week before Christmas, you came into our lives. We are blessed. I got the idea for this charm square quilt from something I saw on Pinterest. I love the way the colors weave past each other.

Studio Star / Sister's Choice Quilt

This is a quilt I was inspired to make after watching a tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Company called Studio Star, but I believe the block is based off an older block called Sister's Choice.

It is made from a set of Fabric Of The Month FQ's I purchased many years ago, themed American Reproductions from the 1820's, and unbleached muslin.  Would have been a perfect quilt to hand quilt.......  instead I did a machine quilting on a 2 inch grid.

The batting is a thin, soft, 100% cotton bat that is light weight and very cuddly, softening in the wash to really wrap and wrinkle nicely.