Coral & Navy Baby Quilt

 

Baby Quilt Donations

I made a bunch of quilts to donate to my local NICU. I think I've mentioned before that I volunteer there and I just love it so much. 

These quilts have sweet messages (from a panel I bought a long time ago). 

And these two used up some leftover 5" charm squares. 

I hope these quilts offer some love and comfort to some NICU families and their sweet little babies. 

Pink & Black Baby Quilt

Pink Baby Quilt

This quilt was made using the pinks from the Sunwashed fabric line. I used the other colors for the baby boy quilt I made for my cousin's baby. 

The backing is fabric I found at IKEA probably at least 10 years ago!

Sunwashed Stars Baby Quilt

 

I made this quilt using the Sunwashed fabric line by Corey Yoder for the colorful pieces and a variety of low volume prints for the backgrounds. 

The pattern is inspired by this tutorial by Diary of a Quilter. Her pattern is for one big star, but I made this baby quilt with four smaller ones. My half square triangles and squares are 4.5" each. 

The backing is a cozy flannel gnome print I found at Joann's. 

This quilt is my 135th quilt! You can view them all on this page. 

Rosemary Cottage Quilty Stars

 I was super lucky and snagged one of Camille Roskelley's scrap bags of her new Rosemary Cottage fabric line. I made this pillow the day the fabric arrived and then started another Quilt Stars quilt (you may recognize this pattern... I use it to make my Little Women quilt last year). 

This is a fun pattern and a great use for small pieces of fabric. The points use 5.5" squares and the inside squares are only 2.5". 

Because I wanted my quilt to be a little scrappy, I added some fabric from the Lighthearted line. The colors from these two fabric lines are perfect together. 

The backing is called "Library of Rarities."

I really love these prints and can't wait until their October release. I will definitely be buying some yardage of the florals and those little swoons. There's also a white/pink swoons and a white/navy swoons that I neeeeeeed in my life. 

You can see my all of my quilts here. 

Pastel Bookshelf Quilt

 

I made this quilt in March, but I couldn't share it because it was a surprise for my sister. I finally gave it to her so here it is! I made another bookshelf quilt. I LOVE the one I made in 2020, but my sister wanted softer pastels. Bookshelf quilts are so much fun to make and such a fun way to use scraps. 

Some of the books are made with fabric from my kids' baby quilts, which I love so much. 

I don't use a pattern for my bookshelf quilts, I just sew each book to be 12 inches tall and varying widths. I like to use a mix of wide and narrow books in a variety of colors. This is a quilt that having a design wall is super helpful so I can see the color distribution as I make the books (I don't have a fancy design wall, I just hang a piece of batting on the wall). I do try and use wider books for the left and right ends of each shelf, so once I sew the rows together I can trim them to be equal widths. 

You can see my rainbow bookshelf quilt here and all of my quilts here. 

Berry Table Runner and Sweet Land of Liberty Quilt

I finished two little projects this weekend. First up is this wall hanging/baby sized quilt made with a  panel from Lella Boutique. It is approx 36" x 44". 

I also finished this little table runner. It is made using the Berry Basket line by April Rosenthal. I love these prints so much!

It wasn't the plan, but these two look very cute together and I love the patriotic and summery vibes. 

Baby Quilt Donations

Over the years, I have made a lot of quilts. And when I have small pieces of fabric leftover, I cut them into 5 inch squares and toss them into a basket for future projects. I love 5 inch squares and I love patchwork quilts. My basket has a ton and I decided to make a bunch of baby quilts to donate to my local NICU. I've been volunteering there for a couple of years now and I love it so much. There's nothing like a tiny baby to put things in perspective and I love being able to offer them some comfort and love. 

Baby quilts are my favorite to make because they are just so cute and so easy to make. Here are a few made from my scrap basket. I also love that these will be going to good homes and also remind me of some of my favorite quilts and favorite people over the years. 

This one is backed in hedgehog flannel and is so cozy.

Most of these purples are made from my daughter's 2nd and 3rd birthday quilts and a purple quilt I made for my sister years ago. 

These two were fabrics from a Sew Sampler box last year. The NICU sees lots of twin babies born early and I had a set of twin boys in mind with these two quilts. 

I've made quite a few black-and-white quilts over the years (linked here and here and here) and I know babies are drawn to high contrast colors. 

These dots were leftover from a baby quilt I made in 2020. 

I hope and pray the babies who receive these quilts will grow up strong and healthy and have lots of sweet dreams! 

You can view all of my quilts here!