A Quilt for My Nephew

My sister Molly gave birth to Donovan Quade in June 2018 and my intentions for the past six months have been to gift him a baby quilt like I did for his brother and sister. He has had to wait the longest for his gift but I did get it done in time for Christmas! Hopefully he has at least another month of tummy time to enjoy it on the floor.

I wanted to attempt a triangle pattern that I had seen on Pintrest and finding the pattern wasn't hard -- it was picking out the colors. This did not need to be a gender neutral quilt so I felt a little more confident in choosing the bold blues and greens.

Triangles get a little tricky because they need to be a little more exact when it comes to piecing it together in order to see the point. Some look awesome and others, well -- lets just say the baby won't notice!

When I made his big brother's quilt I chose a brighter more fun backing fabric and I wanted to do the same for Donovan (who has the same nickname as my dad did when he was a kid -- Donnie!) When I saw this race car fabric when blue and green I just about fell over -- it was a perfect match. And I love the added orange too. I think it might keep him interested in his quilt when the toddler/preschool years come! I have a little experience when it comes to boys and cars . . . 

I tried a few new techniques when it came to the binding and although it took me a few tries to get it right, in the end it looked much better than my previous technique attempts. I enjoyed learning new things with this quilt. What were the techniques you ask? Well, I found one youtube video to show me how to do the mitered corners, connecting the binding once I made it all the way around and also how to properly hand stitch the back of the binding. It's never too late to improve!

I sure hope little Donnie loves his quilt but more importantly knows how much I love him. So far he seems to be a pretty chill baby who loves a good tickle and giggles often. Congratulations, Molly!

My sister Molly gave birth to Donovan Quade in June 2018 and my intentions for the past six months have been to gift him a baby quilt like I did for his brother and sister. He has had to wait the longest for his gift but I did get it done in time for Christmas! Hopefully he has at least another month of tummy time to enjoy it on the floor.

I wanted to attempt a triangle pattern that I had seen on Pintrest and finding the pattern wasn't hard -- it was picking out the colors. This did not need to be a gender neutral quilt so I felt a little more confident in choosing the bold blues and greens.

Triangles get a little tricky because they need to be a little more exact when it comes to piecing it together in order to see the point. Some look awesome and others, well -- lets just say the baby won't notice!

When I made his big brother's quilt I chose a brighter more fun backing fabric and I wanted to do the same for Donovan (who has the same nickname as my dad did when he was a kid -- Donnie!) When I saw this race car fabric when blue and green I just about fell over -- it was a perfect match. And I love the added orange too. I think it might keep him interested in his quilt when the toddler/preschool years come! I have a little experience when it comes to boys and cars . . . 

I tried a few new techniques when it came to the binding and although it took me a few tries to get it right, in the end it looked much better than my previous technique attempts. I enjoyed learning new things with this quilt. What were the techniques you ask? Well, I found one youtube video to show me how to do the mitered corners, connecting the binding once I made it all the way around and also how to properly hand stitch the back of the binding. It's never too late to improve!

I sure hope little Donnie loves his quilt but more importantly knows how much I love him. So far he seems to be a pretty chill baby who loves a good tickle and giggles often. Congratulations, Molly!

Quilts for Babes and Dolls

I was going through my sewing scraps and rather than toss them out wanted to find a good use for them. I knew my niece Adley loved her baby doll so I got busy and made her a doll blanket and pillow for Christmas. I used up every piece of left over fabric I had from when I made Adley's baby blanket. I wished I had a few more! But in the afternoon it took me to put it together I think it came out quite well.

I think the best part was that when she opened it, it was her daddy that noticed first that it matched the baby blanket I had made nearly three years ago! Precious! (It helps that it has deer on it!)

Like I said I used every scrap so the back and the pillow didn't exactly match as much I had hoped, but I think baby doll will be okay with that. I remember very fondly the doll blanket my great aunt made me and I hope this little girl might treasure this the same way. (No pressure!)

I was going through my sewing scraps and rather than toss them out wanted to find a good use for them. I knew my niece Adley loved her baby doll so I got busy and made her a doll blanket and pillow for Christmas. I used up every piece of left over fabric I had from when I made Adley's baby blanket. I wished I had a few more! But in the afternoon it took me to put it together I think it came out quite well.

I think the best part was that when she opened it, it was her daddy that noticed first that it matched the baby blanket I had made nearly three years ago! Precious! (It helps that it has deer on it!)

Like I said I used every scrap so the back and the pillow didn't exactly match as much I had hoped, but I think baby doll will be okay with that. I remember very fondly the doll blanket my great aunt made me and I hope this little girl might treasure this the same way. (No pressure!)