A friend and co-worker is expecting a little girl in November and I wanted to make her a baby quilt.... particularly, an "I Spy" quilt.
Because psychologists can have strong opinions about what best supports cognitive development in babies, I wanted gender-neutral prints, no "character prints," and bright colors...
The nursery is painted a color named "agave," which is similar to the turquoise border and binding.
I used fabrics leftover from one of the grandbaby quilts for the back... Deb Strain's Love U line.
...and did simple diagonal quilting across the squares and zigzag stitching on both sides of the border. I machine sewed down the binding since I figured this quilt would see a lot of trips through the washer and dryer.
Making a baby quilt is a such nice small project... and finishing something is definitely a morale boost, especially when you're working on larger projects!
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I purchased the pre-cut I Spy squares from SewTogether on Etsy, who also has gender-specific I Spy squares and sets of rainbow colors.
So much easier and cheaper than finding and buying all those different prints!
Darling! It's a great I Spy quilt and very gender neutral. Perfect! Yes, you are right, I'm sure it will make plenty of visits to the laundry room! :-)
ReplyDeleteHow cute, I love I Spy quilts. This is a quilt that will be enjoyed when the baby gets a little older also. What a good idea making it gender neutral. How did you collect all those diferent prints?
ReplyDeleteThat is such a great gift! I love those kinds of quilts. It will be used and love alot!
ReplyDeleteI love making baby quilts...I know this one is going to be well loved. :) blessings, marlene
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful. I know for sure that it's gonna be well used.
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It is certainly a happy one, Freda. Hey, I never thought of looking for a precut collection of prints, that's was a great idea!
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I love the idea of I Spy Quilts. What a beautiful gift! When my son was little, he loved the I Spy series of books. He has ADHD, and reading those books together was a great way to "power him down". I think doing that so often also helped him overcome some aspects of his learning disabilities.
ReplyDeleteIt's adorable. You work full time and manage to get soooo much done. I don't work and struggle to get anything done. I admire your workmanship. Hugs
ReplyDeleteLove this!! Great idea buying all the fabrics together. I sometimes think I should cut a square or 2 from all my novelty fabrics to use for something like this!!
ReplyDeleteI like to try to put a lot of black and white in baby quilts. But sometimes it just doesn't happen. *sigh*. Cute quilt.
ReplyDeleteLovely little quilt and as you say a nice small project to finish gives you that gratification of finishing something when you are working on larger projects.
ReplyDeleteI love all those prints, and the mom and baby will, too. Gives me ideas for any grandbabies that are hopefully in my future.
ReplyDeleteI still have our sons' baby quilts that my aunt and my cousin made for each of them...wonderful treasures.
Great I SPY baby quilt! Love all those prints!
ReplyDeletejust adorable! AND, another finish! You are such an overachiever
ReplyDeleteYou're right when you guarantee no UFOs.
What an awesome gift! Your quilt is sure to be loved and treasured by this new little one.
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