Baby Quilts

 

Above is today's collection of finished baby quilts, all ready to be off to cuddle their new owners.

"It's all about the triangles", is 36" X 40" with a flannel backing. The 1930's reporduction fabrics are a favorite of mine. For this quilt I used leftover prints and a solid white to make each of the 5" square blocks.  This simple triangle block design can be found in art dating back for centuries. 

Some historical quilt names for this triangle style design include: Old Maid's Puzzle, 1932. and, Reverse X, 1931. Both of these references come from  Jinny Beyers book The Quilter's Album of PatchworkPatterns.

Yankee Puzzle, Carrie Hall Blocks by Betta Havig.

When making baby quilts I like to focus on improving on a skill, or learning a new technique. In this quilt I was working on getting a nice point in the center of each square. Practicing spinning all those seams was very helpful!!

Quilting for this piece was also an experiment.  It may be hard to see but, the design is lines of cute little flowers.

"Mix and Match"  was an experiment using leftover blocks.  

I used four leftover blocks from this quilt (photo above) I which was made back in 2022 (blog post 6/16/2022).

By adding fabrics from my stash I was able to use up the leftover blocks and make this fun new quilt.

This block is a nod to the Log Cabin quilts I so love. I call it a Modified Log Cabin as I was influenced by the by that wonderful block design.

"Mix and Match" is 41.5" X 41.5" with a  flannel backing.  Meandering quilting was done on my domestic machine.

For quilt number three I was determined to use up the leftover 2.25 square blocks from another project.  I used a basic 4 patch as cornerstones and a 16 squares block as the focal blocks.

Lots of white is always a go to for me when making baby quilts.

This quilt is 42" X 42"  with a flannal backing. Meandering quilting was done on my domestic machine.      

I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful day!

MaryEllen