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.