baby quilts

Summer life at the home on top of the ridge, and retirement goals! from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

Here we are at the cusp of summer and progress is being made.

No news today and no completed projects, but just wanted to share some glimpses of our "outdoor" life. In the summertime, my mind is always on staying cool, but now that I've entered my "sometimes-gardening-and-piddling" phase of life, I look forward to seeing what's happening in our little splotch of land.

Either last Wednesday or Thursday I picked four cucumbers; Hubs found another lurker. We picked the first one a few days earlier, immediately ate it, and declared it to be the best cucumber we ...

added by Shari - a prim and (not so) proper quilter 7 hours, 14 minutes ago. under baby quilts , food , gardening , naps , quilting , the puptarts

June is bustin’ out all over from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

The heat and humidity are here, flowers are blooming, veggies are growing, and I can’t get enough sewing time.

Ah, summer. While not yet officially here, all of its attributes are in place and I wrestle with which thing to do first. My heart wants to plant my butt in my studio, but Johnson grass is loving the new super soil we spread around the pollinator garden, so into the weeds I must go.

On Monday morning at 7:19 am, the temp was 75°, but felt like 80°. My 45 minutes in the garden was muggy and sticky--sweat ...

added by Shari - a prim and (not so) proper quilter 2 weeks ago. under applique , baby quilts , baby sewing , gardening , quilting , scanncut , studio organization , yard piddler

WELCOME ENARA BLAIR! from Kwilty Pleasures

JANUARY 29, 2026

Enara Blair Chatman

came into this world

as part of Clan Gordon.

Of course I made her a quilt!

and Great-Granddad Phillip Ray Gordon

loves it too!

I used a Lil'Red jelly roll for the fabric.

Sew of course, Lil Red Ridinghood books

had to go with the quilt!

And truly the quilt was...

A few month later...

here she is on Daddy's chest

while Big Sister (almost 2) looks on...

with pacifier in her mouth!

Bottom left corner.

Look at those sweet cheeks.

The family lives in Washington DC area,

BIg Brother is Elijah ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under 2026 quilts , baby quilts

First quarter of 2026 is in the books... from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

..and progress was made.

Honestly, it's a miracle. I almost had a flimsy by March 31, but embroidery digitizing homework got in the way. But...I was very happy to have an epiphany moment while working on the homework (almost at the last minute) that made me feel so good about moving forward. I have, of late, been questioning my desire to commit to digitizing all the files I want to stitch for quilting my quilts. But that tiny peephole of light I saw last Monday was what spurred me on.

Antelope Canyon will be a flimsy soon-ish...the ...

added by Shari - a prim and (not so) proper quilter 2 months, 1 week ago. under baby quilts , baby sewing , finally finished 2026 , fun and done , home dec , progress , quilting , the puptarts

Book panel quilt for children from Pieced Brain

Download this free pattern for a book panel quilt for children. It is a cool way to use the panel if you do not want to make a book.

Noah and Friends Book Quilt – click here to download the pattern.

I designed this quilt for the Noah and Friends collection by Lindsey Sagar for Blank Quilting. It measures 44″ x 53″ and the blocks finish at 8″.

The fun thing about making a quilt using a book panel is that it will surely be enjoyed a lot longer than just the book. As children outgrow the story, they will probably ...

added by Denise Russell 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under baby quilts , easy quilts , free baby quilt pattern , free patchwork pattern , free pattern , free quilt pattern , kids quilts , machine applique , noah quilt , nursery decor , patchwork , quick projects , quilts for kids (Comments)

Design Wall Monday - March 30, 2026 from Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Good Morning Quilters!

Things are moving very slowly here. The instructions for my new project, a replica of Jane Austen’s coverlet, call for starching all the fabrics before cutting anything out, How far did I get on this project? I bought the starch………so there is no news on this project. I bought two kinds, Best Press and a brand that the local quilt store recommended. I will let you know which one I like the best.

A new project: I am making a baby quilt for a close friend’s baby shower. She is having her first baby ...

added by Judy Hansen 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts

Down to three................... from Exuberant Color

I removed all of the fabrics that had a stripe pattern from yesterday's choices. That narrowed it down to 3.

This one might show the best contrast between the light edge strips and the sashing fabric.

This is the original fabric I showed a couple days ago. Now I just need to study these photos and make my decision.

My niece was in town visiting her parents so I invited her over to choose a couple baby quilts for her first grandchild, a little girl. This was her choice for the baby's house.

And this was her choice ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months ago. under baby quilts , marcia derse fabric

Two Retreats in a Row from The Cozy Quilter

Yes... Christine and I were at quilting retreats two weekends in a row! I had a second set of projects lined up to take to our annual Spring Oxford Guild retreat before the Camp Kintail retreat. The truth is that I could go on even more retreats and still come up with projects to work on. Christine is in the same boat!

I finished up my chain link blocks for the vice president's challenge--I have decided to set them on point but have not decided if I want to add sashing or not before sewing them together. I will ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 1 week ago. under 12 green bottles quilt , baby quilts , binding , finn , hand sewing , jo avery , oxford quilters guild , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , solids , thread house academy

Kintail Retreat Report from The Cozy Quilter

Christine and I spent last weekend at Camp Kintail at the crafter's retreat. Others were making paper crafts, scrapbooks, knitting and painting. Four participants were quilting. It's always fun to see what everyone is making. The food and snacks were plentiful and tasty too.

My first project was an open wide zipper pouch that I had started at home. This one may just stay here for me to use. This project was a good place to use the large scale print that I loved but would not be good to cut up into smaller pieces

Next, I made ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under baby quilts , embroidery , finn , folk art creatures , hand quilting , jo avery , knitting , oxford quilters guild , pineapple log cabin , rainbow scrap challenge , thread house academy , walking foot quilting , zippered pouch

February 2026 monthly recap................. from Exuberant Color

Three finishes, one large, two small. Purple Rosy joins Green Rosy on the finished quilts pile. It is a Kaffe Fassett pattern in several of his books and I followed the pattern loosely, making my own version of it. It is 65" x 82".

The other two are baby quilts to add to my selection for parents and grandparents to choose from. In the center is a quilt made from a pile of blocks using leftovers from another quilt and a large print. It is 32" x 34.5", perfect for tummy time for a baby. On the right is ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under baby quilts , monthly recap

Choosing a binding................... from Exuberant Color

The quilting was finished yesterday, the quilt trimmed and now it was time to choose a binding. At first I thought a multicolor stripe, but then I decided black and white might be better.

Here are my three choices. There were many more to choose from but I settled on these.

This stripe has the most white in it and the black lines are curvy.

The black lines are straight and closer together on this one.

It's always fun to find a diagonal stripe in the stash. This one is darker than the other two. I'll make a ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , binding , machine quilting

Quilting started........... from Exuberant Color

The basting was done before noon and quilting started last night. I finally found the quilt that these bright leftovers are from. Here is a post that shows the quilt top. It's no wonder I couldn't remember it because it was 13 1/2 years ago.

I decided on straight line quilting and got it over half quilted. The lines aren't perfectly straight but I challenge any baby to complain about it.

It's supposed to reach 60 degrees today and then snow predicted both weekend days.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , machine quilting

This week, and another finished quilt! from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

What we’re doing during our sometimes-annual Snowmaggedon week.

Snowmaggedon is being re-nicknamed to Snowzilla. Or Sleetzilla. The snow came and came and finally stopped Sunday, and sleet was off and on all day Saturday and I think that night. But we’re still warm and toasty inside, and if we wanted to go anywhere, we couldn’t. I’m ok with it. The windchill has us in the negative digits this weekend and Monday; no thawing will happen until Tuesday afternoon at the earliest, but it will take awhile for this stuff to go away.

The photo above is ...

added by Shari - a prim and (not so) proper quilter 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , family , finally finished 2026 , grief and loss , quilting , sergers , sewing , the bins

On Deck - the baby quilt for the new great-grandson from A Prim and (not so) Proper Quilter

All babies are special, and the ones in my life get a quilt.

I know I have said this on multiple occasions, but my granddaughter Cheyanne told me via FaceTime that she was going to have another baby ON MY BIRTHDAY. I was just giddy! But a sequence of events has pushed the arrival to an earlier date. I finished piecing the baby quilt top in November, but had put off the quilting of it until we got a little closer to the April due date. But we also know that babies come when they tell you they are coming ...

added by Shari - a prim and (not so) proper quilter 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , brother luminaire innov-is xp3 , cataracts , digitizing , edge to edge , embrilliance , family , it's a baby quilt , machine embroidery , quilting

BABY CHATMAN QUILT! from Kwilty Pleasures

A new great-grand daughter arrives in January.

I made her quilt, long before she was a gleam in her daddies eyes!

I was at Ocean Isle Beach a few years ago and made

a test pattern using Into the Woods Jelly Rolls...

I've always loved Lil'' Red !

The pattern was called TYPE and a very quick and easy make.

There was a local garden, not far from the beach

so I made a journey there for a photo op...

Into the Woods.

Then home it came and sat on a shelf for several years.

Now that Baby Chatman was ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 5 months ago. under 2025 quilts , baby quilts

Finished!............... from Exuberant Color

I didn't want to deal with keeping pink checks or plaid straight for binding so I used the gray one that had enough yardage. This flannel baby quilt is 32" x 40".

This little quilt has Hobbs 80/20 batting in it. I used white thread to quilt it on my Pfaff 7570.

This pile of mail that I have received in 9 days is 19 solicitations for money. There is even 2 from each of 2 organizations, like I didn't react soon enough so I need a 'reminder'. Obviously some charity sold my address to some data ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months ago. under baby quilts , binding , flannel quilts

Machine quilting again.................. from Exuberant Color

The machine ditch quilting is done on this flannel baby quilt now. The squares are 4" and that is the recommended maximum space with Hobbs 80/20 batting.

The backing is a cute diagonal plaid. I haven't decided on binding yet but will look for it today.

It's going to be cold over the weekend so I'm glad I don't have anywhere to go.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months ago. under baby quilts , flannel quilts

A little bit of everything................. from Exuberant Color

I had a few things to take care of in the basement so while I was down there I got this little quilt ready for basting. It didn't keep my interest though so I moved on.

My friend who visited on Monday wanted to buy some black and white batik fabrics for this quilt. I had the fabrics in 2 bins and had large and small pieces all mixed together.

I want to sort through them now and get all of the small pieces in one bin and large pieces in the other bin. There is a lot more ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months ago. under baby quilts , basting , binding , black and white , flannel quilts , kaffe fabric , marcia derse fabric

Second quilt top for January 2026................... from Exuberant Color

A friend came over to use my double design wall in the basement yesterday so I was down there pressing several fabrics, including the alternate block fabric in this little quilt top. This ended up 32" x 36". I am really pleased with it, especially since it used orphan blocks and a large print that was an impulse buy on sale. It will get quilted next month.

Last night I pulled this basket off a shelf to take a look through it. It is 2.5" batik strips, all shorter than full width (43"). It's almost overwhelming how many ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months ago. under baby quilts , batik

Choice made................ from Exuberant Color

I decided to go with #3 choice from my previous post. I not only liked it best, it is also one of those hard to use prints because of the size of motifs. It will be perfect in 8.5" x 9.5" blocks.

While I was at it, I chose a backing fabric too. This is a surprise project, not at all planned, started just by looking through drawers of sewn pieces. I need to turn the iron on today and press fabrics so I can do some cutting. I also sewed the top and bottom borders on the ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 months, 1 week ago. under baby quilts , machine embroidery , triangles

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