More Baby Quilts -- and I Still Have Enough for Five or Six More!

 

I have finished another six baby quilts which I turned in on Monday.  I wanted to show the back of the quilts as well as I had really cute kid like prints on all the backs this time.  They all utilized my 5 in charm blocks of kid like fabric so they are really an "I Spy" of sorts although not as intricate as some I have done.  

I ended up really liking this one which was literally done with the leftovers from the stripe sets I cut for the other quilts!  I may do more of this one.  I had never realized before doing these quilts that sewing 2 in strips or pieces together 3 wide goes perfectly with the 5  in charm squares.  I am actualldy seeing a dent in my 2 in strips!  I use them for string quilts as well and have done a bunch of these.  

A New Neo-natal Quilt Pattern!

 

If you have seen my recent posts, you have seen a few baby quilts thar I have made alternating a plain white block with a 5 in child themed blockl

I saw this alternative on Pinterest and immediately knew it was perfect for the tons and tons of 5 in squares I have and the bags of two inch strips. So from now on, this will be my design of choice.  I just have to figure the best way to quilt it.  The blocks finish to 4 1/2 inches so nine of them make a quilt that ends up being 40 x 40  Bingo!  9 x 4 1/2 equals 39 1/2 plus the 1/2 inch that doesn't get folded on the outside!

I just sewed long strips of 2 in strips with the white strips on the outside -- full width of the fabric.  Then I cut them into 5 x 5 inch squares.  Easy, easy design and i am very thankful for the Pinterest inspiration.

This was a spectacular sunset the other night.  I didn't get to my usual place to take sunset photos but instead looked back from my 3rd floor porch.  The depth of color was incrdible and i don't think the picture even captures it.  I will use the juxtaposition of the colors as the inspiration for my RAFA challenge quilt.  We got three paint chips kind of randomly and mine were pink, lavender and a slate blue.  My foreground I will steal from another of my pictures.

I also did a challenge quilt for my guild down here which i am not posting until it is officially unveiled in mid January.  It had to be a least 50 percent red, white and blue and have 250 somewhere on it, either written or the number of pieces or fabrics.  Mine is very subtly potitical .