Happy Friday! Today I want to share with you a sweet baby quilt that I made as a gift for my BFF’s new grandbaby. Our kids grew up together, and so her kids I treat as my own and vice versa. It really is great to have such a special friend, and so OUR new grandbaby needed something special.
Just like the red fox quilt, this quilt also centered around a yard of fabric that I found and just had to have. This fabric is by Deena Designs for Free Spirit. Aren’t these cute little love birds just adorable?
And then I just couldn’t bear to cut the fabric up. I did manage to cut a 3-1/2 strip off of it for use on the front, to pull the front and the back of the quilt together, but the rest became a large block on the back of the quilt.
I raided my stash for coordinating pink, green, and blue tone on tone fabrics. I love this combination of pink and green and have used it before for other quilts. First for a Mexican Rose quilt (pictured below). This was the first quilt pattern I designed and it is still for sale on Etsy. And then for a quilt that I made for my cousin’s baby (couldn’t find a picture of that quilt).
Mexican Rose
For this new baby quilt however, I needed to mix in some blues and brighter pink in with the green to match the love birds fabric. Alternating 9″ blocks created a simple, modern baby quilt. I just love how it turned out!
The quilt finishes at 45″ square. I quilted a simple curved design along all 4 edges of each square using a half-circle of cardboard as a template.
And even though the quilt itself was finished when she was only a week old, I didn’t ship it off because I wanted to add a quilt label to it. I have been trying to be more consistent with adding quilt labels to all quilts that I make. But it is certainly a last minute thought, and not something I have already designed. I am ashamed to say that I finally had the label made, attached to the quilt, and the quilt delivered when she turned 6 months old. I need to automate this part of quilt making somehow. 5-1/2 months to make and attach a quilt label is quite ridiculous. I did have a lot of other things going on though, so I’ll give myself a break.
Linking up with Finish it Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts, Needle and Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation, Link a Finish Friday at Richard and Tanya, and Can I Get a Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
Monkey Needle 
Oh you’re right, that fabric is far too pretty to cut up and it makes a fabulous back – it’s a double A side quilt!!
Thanks Carie. I love both sides of the quilt too
it is darling
Thank you! 🙂
What sweet baby quilts. I understand not being able to cut the fabric…I have difficulty with that, too, sometimes.
Thanks Mary. So glad someone feels my pain at cutting into some fabric.
nice quilts 🙂
Thank you!
Such lovely finishes. Well done. Yes, I find quilt labels very time consuming as well. Visiting from FIUF.
I am looking at ordering quilt labels now to hopefully avoid this issue in the future. Thanks for visiting.
A very nice finish! You have a great sense of color and style!
Thank you. I love working with color
The bird fabric really called to me! What a pretty baby quilt and baby too!
Thanks you! And I agree, those love birds are adorable!
but she looks like she loves it, even if she did have to wait!
I think she loved it. She was at least old enough to play on it when it finally arrived.