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Happy March 1st! I'm so ready for our dreary wet winter to end, but the sun is out today and it's looking like Spring! I pulled this happy stack a couple of weeks ago and decided to make another Ziggy Baby quilt but with lots of different prints for each color. The pattern really only...Read More
Use strip-piecing short cuts to make this Nine Patch quilt in a traditional Irish Chain style. Gray and white low volume fabrics give it a modern feel.
I've collected over 20 of my favorite free baby quilt patterns in one post! They are all from amzing designers, so you're sure to find one you love.
I’ve made several checkerboard baby quilts in the past and have so many people ask me for patterns, that I finally made another quilt and spent some time making up a pattern. In the past, I …
As quilters, the first thing we think of when a new baby comes along is what kind of quilt we're going to make for it. Choose an interesting free quilt pattern from this collection of 40+ Free Baby Quilt Patterns! You can't go wrong with these adorable baby quilt tutorials. If the expectant mother is still early in the pregnancy or would rather not know the gender of the child, it's best to choose a simple, gender-neutral baby quilt pattern. You can find several understated baby quilt ideas in our Easy Baby Quilt Patterns category. These quilts are quick and easy projects with straightforward patterns that can easily be adapted for any fabric, gender, or decor. They'll be warm and cozy quilted gifts for a new mother and baby. So if you've been searching for new baby quilts to make, be sure to check out this reader favorite collection! And don't miss the beginner-friendly Cuddle Throw video below. You can find the tutorial for this ultra-cuddly baby blanket here! Sign Up for More Free Quilt Patterns
Preppy the Whale quilt by Emily of Quilty Love. Whale quilt pattern by Elizabeth Hartman. Scrappy stash friendly whale quilt.
Finished this I Spy quilt last night. I just did a simple stitch in the ditch with a fun squiggle down the sashing. I have 2 bolts of this yummy dark chocolate minky... ...and since it is for a little boy, I cut a piece for the backing. I explored my thread colors and finally came up with this So Fine thread called "Sagebrush"t hat really blended with all the colors. I used it top and back, because it never shows your color on minky anyway.
The Playroom Quilt pattern is here! This pattern is the second to release in the Sewn Home Series. I love how playful this pattern is without being overly complicated. This is a simple and easy pattern! It's the perfect beginner quilt. Do you recognize that backing? I finally made use of my Itajime Shibori fabrics. Read more about that process here. I have made this quilt four times and every time I am surprised at how fast it comes together. Fun Fact: This pattern was actually the very first one I designed for the series. I knew I wanted it to be called the Playroom Quilt because it reminds me of the stacking blocks we have for the boys in their playroom. I love that you could shift all these blocks around and come up with a different quilt top every time if you wanted to. They create so many fun patterns when they are all together! The blue and white version you see above is the crib size quilt. I have also been using it in the stroller almost every day now that the weather has cooled off. Can I start calling it a Stroller Size instead of Crib or Baby? It really does fit perfectly around both of them in our double Bob. Now this quilt kit will be available soon from Lamb & Loom - but isn't available quite yet. It brings me all the Fall/Winter vibes. I pulled these fabrics knowing I was going to gift this quilt top to my sister in law and her partner for Christmas. As the quilt was coming together I kept thinking... well maybe I should just keep it. I love it so much, but alas it will be getting wrapped and shipped off as a gift. I guess I will just have to make another one for myself. Quilt Kits Available Now: There are so many gorgeous kits available for this quilt. Check out all of these wonderful online quilt shops to purchase the kit after you have purchase the pattern here. ROSIE GIRL QUILTING I love the gold and white, but they are also caring all of these two color versions as kits as well! How will you ever decide?! They would all be beautiful! FABRIC STORK This gorgeous pink and green combo makes me so happy! Check out this quilt kit from Fabric Stork and grab one before they are gone! SALT CITY LANE Pattern Testers: As always - we can't forget about my wonderful pattern testers. I hope these inspire you as much as they inspire me! This first one is by Shannon Killham (@Beachmamamade) Look at this little nugget! I love this color combo. I'm adding it to my to-do list. It's just perfect! This next one is by Christine (@lopolokko) and just take a look at all that color. I love how the vibrant floral balances with the white. It's gorgeous! Look at this additional gold and white combo by Ama @thevibrantpixel. I love how vibrant the gold is against the white. It's giving me all the sunshine vibes! You might also be interested in the other patterns of this series: The Living Room Quilt Pattern The Playroom Quilt Pattern The Sunroom Quilt Pattern The Mudroom Quilt Pattern The Sewn Home Pattern Bundle
Ah, I Spy quilts, what a wonderful idea! If you’re looking for a fun and creative quilting project, then an I Spy quilt is definitely worth considering. The idea behind these quilts is simple…
Scrappy Four Patch, Older Child (click here to open the pattern in a new window)
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This fun scrappy quilt is quick to put together and great for beginners. Use lots of different colors to keep it bright and fun…or just a few colors to keep it calm and simple. Finished Size: 36" x 41" 1. You’ll need to cut 27 color strips 2" x width...Read More
These 12 Easy baby quilt patterns are the perfect gift for a friend's new baby or the newest member of your family.
Make a splash with a nautical-theme crib quilt. Stitched in pink prints and rose polka dots, this baby quilt will make a great gift for any baby girl. Nautical-theme prints from the Baby Love collection by Susan Branch for RJR Fabrics feature the wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: "Little boats should keep near shore."
As quilters, the first thing we think of when a new baby comes along is what kind of quilt we're going to make for it. Choose an interesting free quilt pattern from this collection of 40+ Free Baby Quilt Patterns! You can't go wrong with these adorable baby quilt tutorials. If the expectant mother is still early in the pregnancy or would rather not know the gender of the child, it's best to choose a simple, gender-neutral baby quilt pattern. You can find several understated baby quilt ideas in our Easy Baby Quilt Patterns category. These quilts are quick and easy projects with straightforward patterns that can easily be adapted for any fabric, gender, or decor. They'll be warm and cozy quilted gifts for a new mother and baby. So if you've been searching for new baby quilts to make, be sure to check out this reader favorite collection! And don't miss the beginner-friendly Cuddle Throw video below. You can find the tutorial for this ultra-cuddly baby blanket here! Sign Up for More Free Quilt Patterns
Think you'll make waves with a nautical-theme crib quilt? Our instructions for easy-to-piece sailboats and appliqué accents ensure smooth sailing.
Ahoy, ye landlubbers, scallywags and sailors! Find yer sea legs or walk the plank! This free Ahoy Sailor quilt pattern will have ye strap'n on yer boots and set'n sail! Arrrrr!With only one quilt block to master, you will be feeling as confident as 'ol Cap'n Jack Sparrow himself. One quilt block, a few stripes,Continue Reading...
I propose we change the name of this weekly post to {FiW} Wednesday...as in FINISHED it Wednesday. (which I guess should be {Fi} Wednesday, but go with me, here.) Because there were a LOT of finishes this week. Phew! Well, two. But that feels like A LOT when you consider how long those things have been on my WiP list. First, I finished my pineapple blocks for Yolanda in the Bee Happy Bee. I was (as usual) intimidated by her blocks, mostly because of what I've heard people say about pineapple blocks. She found a pattern by Allison Quilt Designs (called the Crimson Rambler) that didn't require paper piecing, and assured us these weren't difficult. I believed her, really I did! It's just that I had to finish Libby's blocks before I felt like it was fair to start Yolanda's. AND...and that's a big and...I knew I needed to be able to do them when I could concentrate (read: not while the girls were awake and playing) and when I had a large enough block of time to finish them (read: not while the girls were simply napping). But I found time to wrap my head around the process, and another chunk of time to get them finished. I really like the way the two I made turned out, and I can't wait to see her finished quilt! It'll be stunning! My other big finish this week is the quilt I have been working on for the Quilts for Japan drive. There has been a wonderfully huge push to encourage the quilters of the world to make quilts for the people who were devastated by the earthquake/tsunami that hit Japan in March. I've had this design in my head since I started swapping hexies in (funny, Yolanda's) hexagon swap on Flickr. (Yolanda is clearly a big part of my quilting life this week!) The Quilts for Japan drive was just the push I needed to actually get the hexies out and work them into a quilt. I have decided to call this my "TNT Quilt." Mostly because the best thing that could happen to this quilt is if it got just a little too close to a stick of dynamite. :o) No. Really, it's because I tried SO doggone MANY new things with this quilt. Get it? Tried New Things? Catchy, no? For starters, I used quilter's spray adhesive to hold the hexies on until I raw-edge appliqued them down. Second, I used Kona Premium muslin for the white. It was VERY nice to have a whole piece of fabric and not have to piece anything. I also added a little yellow hexie for the label. Oh, and FYI - the hexagons were all cut with the Accuquilt Go! Studio hexagon die. Next, I quilted it myself. (TOTALLY new thing for me!) I knew this was too big for me to quilt on my home machine, though, so when my rock star friend, Traci, and I took a long arm class at our LQS, I knew this quilt was destined to be quilted on the big APQS Millenium (a.k.a. "Millie". Unique, no?) The class was really good, but I didn't have enough time to finish it there that day. Thankfully, I have a wonderful neighbor who offered to watch Mookie (who will be 3 in a few weeks! Gasp!) last Friday morning while I went down and finished this. I took Sprout (and a bag full of toys) with me. Just in case anyone is wondering, the floor of a quilt shop is probably not the best place for a curious 11 month old who thinks every single thing on the floor belongs in her mouth.) Sprout didn't last on the floor nearly as long as I was hoping, so I'm thankful I had my Ergo with me. She fell asleep as I was quilting this, which is suprising considering how much commotion and noise that machine makes! I have to say - I was surprised at how much the backing and the top moved and shrank during the quilting process. Well, and during the trimming process! I had to cut a LOT off to square it up! And then came the binding. (sigh). I decided that since I needed to finish this quilt quickly (Lecien, a Japanese fabric distributor in California, is offering to send them to needy families in Japan), I needed to machine bind it. I really should have taken a step back and watched some tutorials and talked to people who machine bind, because I could have used some serious help! My corners look like something the dog would roll in, you can sometimes see the stitches from the other side, and it's not perfectly even all the way around like it would have been if I'd hand-bound it. BUT I don't know how many months later I would be finishing it if I'd had to bind it by hand! (notice how I am not showing you any pictures of the binding? I'll leave that to Kelly and her superstar binding!) Mookie has helped make this quilt from the very beginning. Since she loves to swipe the hexies and make a "fairy path", I had to explain to her that this quilt was for a special family. A family that doesn't have a home anymore. A family that is very sad. And so anytime I was working on it, she would talk to me about the family, and ask me a zillion questions. When I showed it to her this morning and asked her to help me take pictures, she was very excited. I love that she's compassionate even at a young age. :o) The finished quilt is about 50x80". Kinda long, but that's okay. That's how long it had to be to incorporate all the hexies. I like that the quilt "became," for lack of a better term. I had no plan (which is very unlike me) - just a handful of hexies that I wanted to use. The quilt dictated the rest for me. Rather like how a novel "writes" itself, well this quilt "created" itself. :o) And since Sprout was such an integral part of the making of this quilt, I will shower you with a handful of gratuitous baby shots. :o) Now then. Back to the works in progress... I haven't touched anything else all week. :o) I haven't started anything new (including the bee blocks for Janice that are about to be a month behind...). But I've got a few more things that I have to finish soon, so I hope to get to work on them tomorrow. For my sake, I'm just going to type out a little list. I know I'm going to need to refer back to it soon enough. :o) -Audrey's mug rug (and about 3 other mug rugs for other people) - A few more infinity scarves - My Robert Kaufman Kona Solids Challenge Quilt - A few bee blocks - My birdie stitches blocks Oh, and in the "canvas" department, Dave and had a little "wine time creations" of our own on Friday night. It was Good Friday, and I thought it would be nice to paint something to reflect the sacrifice Jesus made for us that day. I showed Dave a few photos of my idea, and we got started. Even though it was Good Friday, we painted the scene for Sunday morning. Dave wants to paint The Scream next. I'm not sure, but I think that one is going to have to go in the "unspeakable wifely duties" category. (I do not like that painting!) The good thing about Canvas and Cocktails is that you don't have to paint what the rest of the class is painting. Thank goodness! :o) I hope you have a great and crafty week! (Yesterday's bad weather moved on and left us with a clear, bright morning for taking outside pictures.)
Learn how to make a wholecloth quilt with this step-by-step photo tutorial that includes tips for Kantha-style stitching!
If you’re looking for a timeless, classic and fast baby quilt, you’ve come to the right place. (P.S. I also have a separate Irish Chain tutorial if you want to make a bed sized one which you can find here .
Learn how to make a baby clothes quilt with old baby clothes. A quilt is a blanket made with love and this one will be filled with baby memories too!
I love to give quilts for baby gifts! Sometime there isn’t enough time for an elaborate pattern. This is my Go-To pattern for a baby quilt. I put this Panda themed quilt top together in 1.…
Awesome baby quilt tutorial- easy as sewing a straight line! From Andrea of Knitty Bitties.
No longer are you stuck with boring simple baby quilt kits. Continue reading for 10 modern patchwork quilts you can start this weekend!
Free quilt patterns, tutorials, and diy sewing projects for baby boys.
This past week found me trekking through the countryside looking for dinosaur parts and I found them all! The blocks are finished and sewn into a quilt top. This was made using Elizabeth Hartman's pattern and fabrics all from my stash. I have never made a quilt like this and really enjoyed the process. It sure slowed me down, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. I didn't have enough of one background fabric to make the entire quilt, so I used a different background for each dinosaur. The colors in the photos are off a bit, but I love all of the greens. After finishing the top, I've been pondering how to quilt it. I'm leaning toward using a diagonal grid or a straight grid, but we shall see. These guys are pretty cute... for dinosaurs. Hopefully this will be finished soon! Happy Quilting!
A couple of years ago I stumbled across this awesome book at my local public library. It was filled with simple fun baby gift ideas. Today I couldn't tell you the title of that book. I did end up purchasing a copy during a library sale fundraiser but haven't a clue where that book is now. Hopefully I will now be able to find the book!! I'm also certain it is storage with the rest of my crafting books. But that's off topic. Every time someone I know is pregnant or has a baby, I make the same baby quilt. The one I found in that book. It is super simple to make, uses limited fabrics and comes together quickly. Wanna know how to make this wonderfully easy gift? You're in luck! One of my co-workers down the hall just had a little boy with his wife and I just haven't had time to make their gift until now! You only need three fabrics to make this little quilt. It is a great early tummy time quilt. You'll need the following cuts of three fabrics for the quilt top: Fabric #1 and #2: 1/3 to 1/2 yard (depending on direction of print) Fabric #3: 2/3 to 3/4 yard The final front will look like this diagram: You will also need an additional 1 1/2 yards of one of the fabrics for backing. To create this quit top: Cut 14 5.5" by 5.5" squares from both Fabric #1 and Fabric #2 Cut 8 10.5" by 10.5" squares from Fabric #3. Pair up Fabric #1 and #2 and sew together with a 1/4" seam to create 14 total rectangles. Be sure to press each to the same fabric on all. To pair them up, I just sit each stack of blocks next to my machine and stitch away. I also do not snip the threads between each rectangle until I sew all 14 rectangles. Chain sewing like this creates a steady flow and also speeds things up. Take your 14 rectangles and match them up as show in the above diagram. Your seams should be pressed opposite of each other and butt up precisely. Sew these all together using chain sewing using 1/4" seam. You will end up with a total of 7 blocks. You will now take the Fabric #3 and match it up with the created blocks of Fabric #1 and #2. I generally pin a pairing of five to chain stitch these. Finally I add in my third block to each row to do a final round of chain stitching to finish the rows. After all of the rows are sewn, sew each row together. Do pay attention to the direction of your print and placement. You should end up with this: (Ignore the other quilt! I was too lazy to take it down before I took this picture!) For this quilt since the fabrics are so busy and I enjoyed the straight stitching so much with the last one, I did it again using my secret weapon: painter's tape! (Thank goodness for the Dollar Tree and $1 tape!) I have still binding to add but that's a post for another day! How's your sewing going? Love, Ashley
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Two-tone pink and white "low volume" patchwork checkerboard baby quilt. Beginner-friendly and perfect for precut 5" squares.
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Fresh and fun Summer Quilt patterns. Ideas for quilts to make for summer. Includes a few beginner quilt patterns and tutorials.
Punch Lines is an easy and free quilt pattern from Wren Collective. This modern quilt pattern is fast to make and beginner friendly!
Bricks and Square Teen & Child (click here to open the pattern in a new window)
