Part of me wants to use quilts that I've already started rather than start new quilts. I have so many UFOs that it is embarrassing. But what makes a quilt a baby quilt? The size? The colors? The pattern? I pulled out some of my current and not-so-current projects to see what I have to work with. First, there's the blue quilt I started this week. I've got 30 of the 50 blocks done. It should be 50" square, or I can make it 40" x 60". Which size would be more useful? Which will look better? We'll have to see. Would this work as a baby quilt?
I started this scrappy log cabin thinking it would be a baby quilt, but then had second thoughts. What do you think - would this work as a baby quilt?
I've got many more blocks of this version of Bonnie Hunter's Virginia Bound than I thought. I could finish a baby top in an evening from these. But I kinda had my eye on this one for myself...
These bright blocks Summer Breeze would make a nice baby quilt, don't you think? The only problem is, I only have one completed block and two nearly completed blocks. There would be a lot of work for me to get this one finished up, but at least I had the foresight to keep the fabrics together with the blocks so I didn't use them I something else.
I've got a bunch of these I Spy blocks I've been making from novelty fabrics that come into my possession. I guess that is always an option, but the thought of working on this doesn't excite me right now.
Maybe my flannel buzz saw blocks? Flannel would be so soft and cozy for a baby! But where ARE my flannel buzz saw blocks? Uh oh, UFO missing!! It's probably for the best - I doubt I want to work with flannel during these warmer months, anyway. Hopefully it will turn up before fall...
But look what I DID find! I'd already started quilting this one, so I'm making an Executive Decision and declaring this a baby quilt! It has just been bumped up to the top of my hand quilting list.
Any thoughts or comments? I'd love to know how you approach making baby quilts.
